“What is more cheerful than an open wood fire? Do you hear those little chirps and twitters
coming out of that piece of apple-wood?
Those are the ghosts of the robins and blackbirds that sang upon the
bough when it was in blossom last spring.”
31 July 2012
26 July 2012
"God gives every bird his worm ...."
"God gives every bird his worm, but He does not
throw it into the nest."
25 July 2012
23 July 2012
19 July 2012
18 July 2012
"... and the woods would be very silent ...."
“... the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there
except those that sang best.”
16 July 2012
"There is so much good ...."
There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it hardly becomes any of us
To talk about the rest of us.
Edward Hoch
11 July 2012
10 July 2012
"... the most profound religious life is ...."
“... the most profound religious life is found by being in
the world yet in each moment doing our best to align ourselves with heaven,
with the will of God...
How do we know that we are following the will of God? One knows instinctively; there is a sense of
peace, balance, and fullness, an unhurriedness.”
09 July 2012
"... this is the business of any artist ...."
“... this is the business of any artist – and we all are
artists of life – to give form to the will of God. Everyone needs to ask how he or she can make
a container to hold the splendor of God within life.”
05 July 2012
... what's at the end for me
I don’t
care if I’m kept waiting, I only have eyes for what ‘s at the end for me.
