Thought provoking

The universe is the primary revelation of the divine, the primary scripture, the primary focus of divine-human communion.

— Thomas Berry

“Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.—Oscar Wilde”

— Keep It Simple: Daily Meditations for Twelve Step Beginnings and Renewal (Hazelden Meditations) by Anonymous

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There are always two voices sounding in our ears—the voice of fear and the voice of confidence. One is the clamor of the senses, the other is the whispering of the higher self.

—Charles B. Newcomb

““There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds.” Alfred, Lord Tennyson”

— Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II by Al-Anon Family Groups

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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”

—Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Luckily, we don’t need to know what we are becoming to find peace. What we need to know is what we believe in. And we’ll become what we believe in.”

— Keep It Simple: Daily Meditations for Twelve Step Beginnings and Renewal (Hazelden Meditations) by Anonymous

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The difference between having an optimistic, positive attitude and a pessimistic, negative one is simple: optimism allows you to see the opportunity in any difficulty, while pessimism encourages you to see the difficulty in every opportunity

To wait for moments or places where no pain exists, no separation is felt and where all human restlessness has turned into inner peace is waiting for a dream-world.

—Henri J. M. Nouwen