Editing the Past
"Life is not, nor ever has been a straight line forward. Life is characterized much more by exception & disorder than by total or perfect order." Fr. Richard Rohr
Read MoreEssays and musings of a retired teacher/ librarian who is daring to call herself a "writer."
"Life is not, nor ever has been a straight line forward. Life is characterized much more by exception & disorder than by total or perfect order." Fr. Richard Rohr
Read More“Hope is not primarily for the future. It’s for now! Hope is a way of seeing time and understanding the present. It’s a way of tasting and receiving the moment. It gives us the capacity to enter into the future in a new way.” Fr. Richard Rohr, The Prophets
Read More“This is the time to be slow, lie low to the wall until the bitter weather passes.” John O’Donohue
Read More“Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you, all is fleeting, God alone is unchanging, Patience obtains everything, They want nothing who possess God, God alone is enough.” Teresa of Avila
Read More“I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.” Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Read More“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
― Rumi
“Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer
“If you remain generous, time will come good” ~ John O’Donohue
Read More“A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.” Anne Lamott
Read MoreSometimes it is the smallest people in our lives that have the most to teach us. ~c.h.
Read MoreSurely we owe it to those we lost to find our way to the Capitol steps and sing again in unison, “God Bless America.”~c.hause
Read MoreMockingbirds are bold in defense of their nests, attacking cats and even humans that venture too close. ~National Audubon Society
Read MoreContemplation happens to everyone. It happens in moments when we are open, undefended, and immediately present. ~Gerald May
We empty ourselves to let the divine flood us with love. We are empty so we may be full. —Beverly Lanzetta
Read More“Each of us, whatever our labels, is a multi-faceted plural.” Irshad Manji
Read More“Study the past if you would define the future.” ~Confucious
Read More“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” ― Jane Goodall
“The Dharma- the Buddha’s teaching- is about letting go of the story line and opening up to what is.” Pema Chodren
Read MoreIt is easy to understand the rage African Americans feel, because I felt it too as I looked at that cold, implacable face. Yet, I keep thinking of you and all the others who simply want to serve and protect. You out there dealing with the rage and the hate that should be directed elsewhere.~c.h.
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