Posted in Reflections, tagged quotable quote on June 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Forgiveness is one of life’s hardest tasks, but it is also one of the most crucial. Each one of us needs a second chance. Then a third. Then a fourth. We need as many new starts as it takes. We need the opportunity to try again, and then again, and we need to grant others the space to do the same.
— Vinita Hampton Wright, Daily Inspiration for Women, p. 198
Posted in Reflections, tagged quotable quote on June 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Reflections, tagged quotable quote on June 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
What did I love when I was a child? What did I believe, and to what did I commit myself before any adults told me what I should commit to or what I should believe or love? Can I remember that far back?
Unless my childhood was horrendous in some way — and some childhoods are — I did enjoy a time, however brief, when I trusted my child’s intuition, when I could commune quite easily with my spirit and with God.
— Vinita Hampton Wright, Daily Inspiration for Women, p. 239
Posted in Reflections, tagged quotable quote on June 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
We have moved four times in the last five years. At each house I’ve planted a small garden, and each year, we’ve moved before it flourished. Still, it pleases me to think of others enjoying the fruits of my labors. Recently I drove by our old house. The small pot of bee balm I’d planted in an empty bed had flourished to form a magnificent border.
— Jessica Mesman Griffith, Daily Inspiration for Women, p. 133
Posted in Reflections, tagged quotable quote on June 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Reflections, tagged poem on June 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
My church has but one temple,
wide as the world is wide,
set with a million stars,
where a million hearts abide.
— Unknown, signed E. O. G., “My Church”
Posted in Reflections, tagged quotable quote on June 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »
When I get a little money
I buy books,
and if any is left
I buy food and clothing.
— Erasmus
Posted in Reflections, tagged quotable quote on June 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »
This no to discouragement and self-despair comes in the context of a yes to life, a yes we say amid even fragile times lived in a world of impatience and violence. For even while we mourn, we do not forget how our life can ultimately join God’s larger dance of life and hope.
— Henri Nouwen, Turn My Mourning into Dancing, p. 63
Posted in Reflections, tagged quotable quote on June 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »
When we do grief work it is usually more than that final letting go that we are grieving. So often there are memories of relationships we never had, things we never got around to saying to one another. In my opinion it is never too late to say what is in our hearts. Say it. And be at peace.
— Macrina Wiederkehr, Gold in your Memories, p. 118
Posted in Reflections, tagged poem on June 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
May you be happy.
May you be wise.
May you grow strong and healthy in all ways.
May something good happen to you every day.
May you always walk with God.
May you be clothed with the virtues of faith, hope, and love.
May Jesus be a companion on your way.
May you find joy in little things.
May tears be welcomed in your life.
May you remember your divine origin.
May you be open to the secrets in your soul.
— Macrina Wiederkehr, Gold in Your Memories, p. 114
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