Secret Destinations

All journeys have secret destinations
of which the traveler is unaware.

Martin Buber (1878-1965)

Revelator, Divine Will

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Revelator: One who reveals Divine Will

Title from Gillian Welch CD

Now

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At any moment the fully present mind
can shatter time and burst into Now.

David Steindl-Rast
A Listening Heart

All True Love is from God

All true love is from God,

and man receives the divine affection

 as he himself bestows

 this love upon his fellows.

The Urantia Book, p. 1289

Beautiful, vintage printing from Aardvark Letter Press

http://www.aardvarkletterpress.com/holiday.htm

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Origin and Destiny – God's Purpose and Plan

www.urantology.org/ [The URANTIA Book, P.1289 - §1] As the Supreme Being evolves within the grand universe, all finite reality within the grand universe grows with her. When this ...

Pessimist, Optimist, Preparist

A pessimist is one who complains about the situation.
An optimist is one hopes to change a situation.
A prepper is one who is ready for the situation.



Another good one:

A pessimist is one who complains of the noise when opportunity knocks.

Salt Water

 

The cure for anything is salt water ~ sweat, tears, or the sea.

Isak Dinesen

Architect of Peace

I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred,
but offer myself humbly
as a guardian of nature,
as a healer of misery,
as a messenger of wonder,
as an architect of peace.

Diane Ackerman

Innuit Song

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I think over again my small adventures, my fears,
those small ones that seemed so big,
all those vital things I had to get and to reach,
and yet there is only one great thing:
to live and see the great day that dawns,
and the light that fills the world.

Old Innuit Song

Peace

Cathedral Basilica St Louis

May God protect us, grant us wisdom's fruit;

may we gain energy to know the Truth;

may our intellects grow clear and bright;

may we cherish no ill feelings toward anyone.

Om, peace, peace, peace be unto all.

Taittiriya Upanishad 2.1.1

In Peace

Voyage of Discovery, photo by Catherine Todd, Guatemala 2010

En Paz

Very near my setting sun, I bless you, Life
Because you never gave me unfilled hope

Nor unjust tasks, nor undeserved sorrow;

Because I see at the end of my rough road

That I was the architect of my own destiny;

That I extracted the honey or the gall from things,

Because in them I put the gall or delicious honey;

When I planted roses, I always harvested roses.

Certainly winter is going to follow my youth:

But you never told me that May would last forever.

Neither did you promise me only good nights;

And in exchange I had some peaceful ones

I loved, I was loved, the sun caressed my face.

Life, you don’t owe me anything!

Life, we are at peace!

~ Poem by Amado Nervo

Gratefulness

Aridi

As I express my gratitude, I become more deeply aware of it.
And the greater my awareness, the greater my need to express it. 

David Steindl-Rast
Friends of Silence newsletter, December 2008

Mark Twain on Adversaries

The rule is perfect:
in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

Mark Twain

Friendship

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.

C.S. Lewis