Category: quotes
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Love the Light
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“I will love the light for it shows me the way. Yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” – Og Mandino
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We are Called to be Fearless People
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On the drive home once, from The Sea Ranch, I stopped at one of my favorite places on Earth. It’s on Meyer’s Grade, a tiny road up way above the Pacific Ocean, just a tad inland from Highway 1. If you look South from this spot, you can see the…
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We Make a Life by What We Give
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A little while ago, Zoom and I were on a walk out by the lagoon. There was a park bench there, and a quote was on a little sign on the bench. It’s simple, but I loved the message. It’s not attributed to anyone, just left for the world to…
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“Lord, take me where You want me to go,” a quote from Father Mycal Judge
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At our last retreat, Father Evan came in to speak to us and shared a quote by Father Mycal Judge:Lord, take me where You want me to go,let me meet who You want me to meet,tell me what You want me to say,and help keep me out of Your way.…
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The Feast of Saint Francis
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This last weekend we headed out of town to Guerneville, California which is up on the Russian River. The cottage we stayed at had a peaceful garden, along with a statue of Saint Francis, surrounded by little animals. I thought it was so appropriate, and uncanny, that we were visiting…
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Happiness is Trying to Find You
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“Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.” – Hafiz I took this picture back in 2007 in Edinburgh, Scotland. I’d met my parents there for a trip to celebrate my Dad’s retirement, and it truly was one of those amazing…
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Put Away the Spiritual Cosmetics: Every Life Has a Story
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This week I was in “New Employee Orientation,” and while I work as a project manager in a credit union, one of the videos we watched was a training video for Chick-Fil-A. I found it to be riveting: From an HR perspective, our trainer wanted us to think about how…
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The Grace of God, a Quote by Frederick Buechner
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“The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn’t have been complete without you.” – Frederick Buechner Click through to Flickr to download the image in a larger size (hooray! desktop wallpaper!)
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“The Wilder Life” and a Connection to the Great Beyond
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Growing up, I fell in love with Little House in the Prairie. It might have been because we lived in Minnesota during the years that the Little House TV show was on the air. I read every book, I had the yellow bonnet with tiny red flowers. I watched the…