Nurturing the Sacred

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Believe one who knows; you will find something greater in the woods than in books.  The trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.  Saint Bernard de Clairvaux

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Unity

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We breathe in oxygen given to us by the trees, drink water from the lakes and springs, take in materials from plants that grow in the earth, their leaves gathering energy from our local star, the sun.  Every moment of our lives, whether we are aware of it or not, we live in unity and interdependence with the creative wisdom of the natural world.  –  Christopher Chase

 

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Rewriting My Story

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“We become the stories we listen to. But perhaps the more important question is, what stories do you listen to? What stories are forming your life?” – Matthew Kelly, The Rhythm of Life.

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Compassion

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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete   Siddhartha Gautama

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Retreat

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Within you is a stillness and a sanctuary, to which you can retreat at any time.   Hermann Hesse

 

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