‘God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings, not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations, but commencements. Creation is an ongoing process, and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all, suffering will cease.’ – Bernie Siegel It is difficult to imagine that creation…
October 14: All creatures great and small
“Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” – Albert Einstein I have been so self absorbed in a dark foggy mood that I have forgotten to look around, to be observant, and to be grateful. This…
August 20: Beautiful creation
“I look out of this window and I think this is a cosmos, this is a huge creation, this is one small corner of it. The trees and birds and everything else and I’m part of it. I didn’t ask to be put here, I’ve been lucky in finding myself here.” -Morris West When I…
May 27: Pure joy
“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.” Eleonora Duse You can see the pure joy in my face,…