A person knows when they have found their calling
when they stop thinking about how to live and begin to live.
Thomas Merton
Tag: religion
Sunday Quote: Where to put our attention
Don’t look for meaning in the words.
Listen to the silences.
Samuel Beckett
Sunday Quote: Simplify
In the pursuit of learning,
every day something is acquired.
In the pursuit of wisdom,
every day something is let go of.
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Storms often lead to growth
There can be bad weather and winds outside and similar storms and movement in our inner life. It is good to see them in a similar way: simply as stuff “passing through”. Sometimes, however, they can shake us out of our habitual patterns and bring us back to what is important.
When changewinds swirl through our lives, they often call us to undertake a new passage of the spiritual journey: that of confronting the lost and counterfeit places within us and releasing our deeper, innermost self – our true selves. They call us to come home to ourselves, to become who we really are.
Sue Monk Kidd, When the Heart Waits
Nourishing ourselves: Being happy in the way things are
Blessed are the man and woman who have grown beyond their greed and have put an end to their hatred and no longer nourish illusions.
But they delight in the way things are and keep their hearts open, day and night.
They are like trees planted near flowing rivers which bear fruit when they are ready.
Their leaves will not fall or wither.
Everything they do will succeed.
Psalm 1. Translation by Stephen Mitchell
Sunday Quote: Patience
Sometimes we have to allow space for things to become clear, or trust others even if we are not sure what is happening. Where do you have to exercise patience at this moment?
Consider the farmers who eagerly look for the rains in the fall and in the spring.
They patiently wait for the precious harvest to ripen.
You, too, must be patient
James 5:7f
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