Do not be concerned with the fruit of your action - just give attention to the action itself. The fruit will come of its own accord. This is a powerful spiritual practice.
- Exkhart Tolle, Practicing the Power of Now
Weekly Pause & Ponder
“And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our own feet, and learn to be at home.”
― Wendell Berry, The Unforeseen Wilderness: Kentucky's Red River Gorge
Weekly Pause & Ponder
"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster," I remember my mother's words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world."
- Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers
Weekly Pause & Ponder
Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, “It can’t be done.” – Eleanor Roosevelt.
Daily Peace: 365 Days of Renewal – Photos and Wisdom to Nourish Your Spirit.
Weekly Pause & Ponder
Facing ecological ruination, we need a deep conversion, not away from the Earth toward God as the traditional model would have it, but a conversion toward the Earth, in love with a God who loves the Earth. This conversion involves numerous turnings at once… Intellectually… Emotionally… Practically…
- Elizabeth Johnson. Human Development Magazine, Winter 2016, “Ecology: Conversion to the Earth,” p.43.