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One Thing
A student asked Thay, “There are so many urgent problems. What should I do?” Thay answered calmly, “Take one thing, and do it very deeply and carefully, and you will be doing everything at the same time.”—Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Lilian Cheung
A Grain of Wheat
If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder.—Martin Luther
Kindness
Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.——Scott Adams
Not Just Talking–Living It Too
One great gift a mother can give her daughter is to live her own life as well as possible.—Harriet Lerner. I would maintain that this is true of all genders–that children may listen to what we say but they definitely watch how we live…
In a Day
I was interested to read this quote and think of it as applying to this day–or a week–or an entire life: “See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little.” The quote is attributed to Pope John XXIII as his motto. I’m still mulling…
Shutting Down the Heart
Terry Hershey in his Monday morning “Sabbath Moments” on the computer once wrote: “I do know that when we label, we exclude, rather than include. I do know that when we label, we live with scotoma, selective blindness. And scotoma shuts down our heart,…
Love No Matter What
It’s a long quote. Read it out loud. Remember its context. And then apply to some situation today which you or your church or your country is struggling with. Decide it if still fits and if it does, then live it out. “Somehow we…
Prayer
I went to a five-day workshop year ago just outside of Boston with Kathleen Norris. It was rich. So is this quote: “Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can’t imagine.”—Kathleen Norris
Souls and Bodies
C. S. Lewis once said: “You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.
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