“Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the weak and wrong. Sometime in your life you will have been all of these.” Walter Scott “I am capable of loving, but I am also capable of not loving. That cannot be said about God. … More Daily Inspiration, 9 May 17
“Often hobbling through our church doors on Sunday morning comes grace on crutches — sinners still unable to throw away their false supports and stand upright in the freedom of the children of God. Yet, their mere presence in the church on Sunday morning is a flickering candle representing a desire to maintain contact … More Daily Inspiration: 8 May 17
“When I choose happiness, I am not denying the pain of this world. I am refusing to give into it.” Jennifer Dukes Lee, ‘The Happiness Dare’ “It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” Brother David Steind-Rast “One grateful thought is a ray of sunshine. A hundred such … More Daily Inspiration, 4 May 17
“The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.” Jack Kornfield “My circle is small but the love is enormous and genuine. It gets no better.” Alex Elle “Pour out your life in small moments that add up to the monumental. The … More Daily Inspiration, 2 May 17
“God is not a static thing—not even a person—but a dynamic, pulsating activity, a life, almost a kind of drama. Almost, if you will not think me irreverent, a kind of dance.” C.S. Lewis “I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and … More Daily Inspiration, 1 May 2017
“For although he is right with us and in and out of us and all through us, we have to go on journeys to find him.” Thomas Merton Each moment contains a hundred messages from God. For every cry of “Oh God!” He answers a hundred times “I am Here!” Rumi Don’t expect to arrive … More Daily Inspiration 27 Apr 17
“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.” Maya Angelou “Duty makes us do things well…but love helps us do them beautifully.” Author Unknown “Ours is not … More Daily Inspiration, 26 Apr 17
“Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.” Sogyal Rinpoche “But the spiritual truth that leads to freedom is the truth that we belong not to the world but to God, … More Daily Inspiration, 25 Apr 17
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” Socrates “God of goodness, you enable us to rely on the faith of Abraham and of all the believers who have gone before us. May your love give us the courage to leave our … More Daily Inspiration, 3 Apr 17
“sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness, to put a hand on its brow of the flower and retell it in words and in touch it is lovely until it flowers again from within” Galway Kinnell “Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.” Bob Goff “Always … More Daily Inspiration, 31 Mar 17
Living Tree Poetry 