Sunday Inspiration
Sunday Inspiration: Keep Hope Alive
“Somehow we must keep hope alive – a hope that we can find a way to educate all, alleviate poverty, assuage anger, and live in harmony with the environment, with animals, and with each other. -Jane Goodall
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: I like living
“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” -Agatha Christie
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: “I like nonsense”
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of the telescope.” ― Dr. Seuss
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: “We belong to each other”
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” -Mother Teresa My heart goes out to all those who are suffering in Israel and Gaza. I can’t imagine what it’s like to live on either side of this huge divide. The political issues are complex, but no…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: When You Arise
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” -Marcus Aurelius
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Here it is!
“I don’t know what to tell you. A statement is easy, and here it is: Be yourself. Try to matter. Be a good friend. Love freely, even if you are likely, almost guaranteed, to be hurt, betrayed… Do what you were created to do. You’ll know what this is, because it is what you keep…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Life as an Adventure
“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Grief
“Grief is like the wake behind a boat. It starts out as a huge wave that follows close behind you and is big enough to swamp and drown you if you suddenly stop moving forward. But if you do keep moving, the big wake will eventually dissipate. And after a long time, the waters of…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Choosing Curiosity
“The cycle of degenerating discourse won’t stop if we insist that people we disagree with must first behave the way we want them to … The cycle stops when we recognize our responsibility to treat each other with the dignity with which we expect to be met. It stops when we choose to replace condemnation…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: The Same God
“We all have the same God, we just serve him differently. Rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, oceans all have different names, but they all contain water. So do religions have different names, and they all contain truth, expressed in different ways forms and times. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a Muslim, a Christian, or a Jew.…
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