Sunday Inspiration
Sunday Inspiration: Happy Easter!
Easter is a special time to celebrate birth and renewal. Wherever you are, whatever your religious convictions, I hope you enjoy a lovely spring day and the promise of joy and beauty in the months ahead.
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Beware of destination addiction!
Beware of destination addiction, a preoccupation with the idea that happiness is in the next place, the next job, and with the next partner. Until you give up the idea that happiness is somewhere else, it will never be where you are.–Robert Holden It’s so easy to fall prey to “destination addiction,” isn’t it? Especially…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: The beauty of the earth
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature— the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” -Rachel Carson, author and naturalist I offer these inspiring words in honor of…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: A Marvelous Thing
“What a marvelous thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Practice the Pause
Pause before judging. Pause before assuming. Pause before accusing. Pause whenever you’re about to react harshly and you’ll avoid doing and saying things you’ll later regret. -Lori Deschene, Buddhist author
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: One Smile!
“One smile, Can start a friendship. One word, Can end a fight. One look, Can save a relationship. One person can change your life.” -Celtic Christian Tradition Did you see this story in the media last week about a pizza delivery man in Tipton, Indiana, who was so loved by his customers that they raised $18,000…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Two Philosophies
“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.” –Neil Degrasse Tyson, author and scientist Tyson is a favorite contemporary scientist for many of us– watch his Cosmos TV program for a weekly fix.…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Don’t Forget To Say I Love You
Happy Valentine’s Day! If you’ve read One Mountain Away, the first book of my Goddesses Anonymous series, you know that Charlotte, the main character, looks back on her life and the mistakes she’s made. I stumbled across this passage and decided to post it for Sunday Inspiration just before Valentine’s Day. Not because the quote…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Dare to Declare
“Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap.” -Hildegard of Bingen Hildegard of Bingen was a 12th century Christian composer and…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: The Swing Vote
“We need each other. Each of us is responsible for what happens on this earth. We are each absolutely essential, each totally irreplaceable. Each of us is the swing vote in the bitter election battle now being waged between our best and our worst possibilities.” -Leonard Peltier, Activist You thought the presidential election was tough? How about…
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