“Sometimes you need to sit lonely on the floor in a quiet room in order to hear your own voice and not let it drown in the noise of others.” ― Charlotte Eriksson, You’re Doing Just Fine
Author Archives: Espirational
Listen to my life telling me who I am
“Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.” ― Parker J. Palmer, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation
To be fully alive…
“To be fully alive, you need time with God to recharge.” ― Craig Groeschel, Weird: Because Normal Isn’t Working
It’s marvelous to be
“It’s marvelous to be – one should never be anything else.” ― Mogens Lorentzen
Replace the rush with “be”
“Always Rushing Around, Here , There, Everywhere? Replace The Rush With “Be”. Be Calm, Be Cool, Be Here, Be Near!”― Christine Szymanski
Practice sharing the fullness of your being
“Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. Share it with yourself, with your family, with the world.” ― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
Enslavement to the cares of this world
“If being human requires freedom, then enslavement to the cares of this world is dehumanizing.” Tony Campolo
Time to Just Be
Like many Americans I was brought up with a strong sense of the need to do something. And not just anything but something that would be life changing or even world changing. So I tend to lose the importance of being and get caught up in doing. In January however I was forced into aContinue reading “Time to Just Be”
Our Basic Human Spirituality
“More fundamental than religion is our basic human spirituality. We have a basic human disposition towards love, kindness and affection, irrespective of whether we have a religious framework or not. When we nurture this most basic human resource – when we set about cultivating those basic inner values which we all appreciate in others, thenContinue reading “Our Basic Human Spirituality”
Mistakes are part of being human
“Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.” — Al Franken
