I like you just the way you are. Mr. Rogers used to say that. Everywhere we turn we hear we are not good enough. Not smart enough. Not rich enough. You name it the world is telling us we’re not doing enough. Yet we are killing ourselves trying to do too much. Our bodies were notContinue reading “I Like You Just the Way You Are”
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Thought for Today
“Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: – I shall not fear anyone on Earth. – I shall fear only God. – I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. – I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. – I shall conquer untruth by truth.Continue reading “Thought for Today”
Thought for Today
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” — Thomas Merton [Source: http://thinkexist.com/quotation/art_enables_us_to_find_ourselves_and_lose/225866.html%5D
Check Out Bob’s New Blog Post
Bob has a new blog post up today called Wait– Do You Know Where Your God Is? You will want to check this out, especially if you like to ponder the deep questions of life and spirit. http://espirational.org/2015/04/08/wait-do-you-know-where-your-god-is/
Thought for Today
“Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee, O Lord” —Augustine – See more at: http://wf-f.org/StAugustine.html#sthash.8ixa1Rgq.dpuf
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“Not since the days of Plato and Buddha and Confucius, some 2500 years ago, has their been such an uprising of spiritual yearning. But instead of being a Mediterranean and Asian phenomenon, as it was then, the explosion of spirituality is now happening worldwide. “ — Jean Houston [Source: http://www.jeanhouston.com/blog/?p=178%5D
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“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius
Thought for Today
“God never ceases to speak to us, but the noise of the world without and the tumult of our passions within bewilder us and prevent us from listening to him (Francois Fenelon, French mystical theologian).” [Source: http://www.positiveprayers.com/famous-prayer-quotes.html%5D
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” ‘Presence of mind‘ is that state of being when the mind is present to what ‘is’ rather than being caught up in the inner world of idle mental chatter. You are not your mind. You are more than a mind. Our responsibility is to quieten the mind so that we can hear the voiceContinue reading “Thought for Today”
Thought for Today
“Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson (Self Reliance)
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