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A kind life...is fundamentally a life of courage.

Wayne Muller

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True kindness is rooted in a deep sense of abundance, out of which flows a sense that even as I give, it is being given back to me.
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What if the healing of the world utterly depends on the ten-thousand invisible kindnesses we offer simply and quietly throughout the pilgrimage of each human life?
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Gratitude invites a sense of sufficiency.
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With every breath, the possibility of a new aspect of self arises.
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What is at the center of your life? Carefully examine where you spend your attention, your time. Look at your appointment book, your daily scheduleÂ…. This is what receives your care and attention--an by definition, your love.
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For thousands of years we have gathered in circle--around fires, around bodies, around altars--because we can't do this alone.
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To pray is no small thing. It is nothing less than a sacred pilgrimage into the heart of the whole world.
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We are called to be strong companions and clear mirrors to one another, to seek those who reflect with compassion and a keen eye how we are doing, whether we seem centered or off course ... we need the nourishing company of others to create the circle needed for growth, freedom and healing.
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We become what we love. Whatever you are giving your time and attention to, day after day, is the kind of person you will eventually become.
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What we love and what captures our curiosity draws us forward into some place of great destiny.
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All life requires a rhythm of rest. . . There is a rhythm in the way day dissolves into night, and night into morning. There is a rhythm as the active growth of spring and summer is quieted by the necessary dormancy of fall and winter. There is a tidal rhythm, a deep, eternal conversation between the land and the great sea.
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Because we do not rest we lose our way...Poisoned by the hypnotic belief that good things come only through unceasing determination and tireless effort, we never truly rest. And for want of rest, our lives are in danger.
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When we come close to those things that break us down, we touch those things that also break us open. And in that breaking open, we uncover our true nature.
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Even in the middle of a hurricane, the bottom of the sea is calm. As the storm rages and the winds howl, the deep waters sway in gentle rhythm, a light movement of fish and plant life. Below there is no storm.
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Just because we are working hard does not mean we are making anything happen.
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Our lives are made of these moments. Simple words and actions, taken together, weave a single day, and our days become our life. Every gesture is a seed, and the seed determines the harvest.
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Because we do not rest, we lose our way.
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If we do not allow for a rhythm of rest in our overly busy lives, illness becomes our Sabbath— our pneumonia, our cancer, our heart attack, our accidents create Sabbath for us.
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What we choose to love is very important for what we love leads our eyes, ears, and hearts on a pilgrimage that shapes the texture of our lives.
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When we do what we love, again and again, our life comes to hold the fragrance of that thing.
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