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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
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February 25, 2019 Ann
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If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder.—Martin Luther
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February 24, 2019 Ann
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Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.——Scott Adams
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February 23, 2019 Ann
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Stephen Covey says: “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” Hmmm…why do you listen?
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February 22, 2019 Ann
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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 it out.
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February 21, 2019 Ann
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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 it over.
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February 20, 2019 Ann
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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, our capacity to care,...
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February 19, 2019 Ann
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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 must be able to...
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February 18, 2019 Ann
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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
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February 17, 2019 Ann
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C. S. Lewis once said: “You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.
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February 16, 2019 Ann
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