Let me be embraced with the love by which the whole of creation is moved. The very essence with which all things are held together, dependent yet independent, whole yet individuated. In which all are my relatives.
~ Native American Prayer
Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. ~ Don Miguel Ruiz
Have you noticed how the shadows of humanity’s fear and forgetting are more clearly defined these days? The Love energy has grown stronger, illuminating what’s still in darkness. I light my mind and all the minds which God created one with me.
There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer: no disease that love will not heal: no door that enough love will not open… It makes no difference how deep set the trouble: how hopeless the outlook: how muddled the tangle: how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all. ~ Emmet Fox
God is life. God is life in action. The best way to say, “I love you, God,” is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, “Thank you, God,” is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now. Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. When you surrender and let go of the past, you allow
Human beings and all living things are a coalescence of energy in a field of energy connected to every other thing in the world. The implications of this to our understanding of life and the design of our society are extraordinary. If a quantum field holds us all together in its invisible web, we will have to rethink our definitions of ourselves and what exactly it is to be human.
O best among men, the person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress and is steady in both is certainly eligible for liberation. ~ Bhagavad Gita
You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the entire ocean in a drop. ~ Rumi
What could you not accept if you but knew that everything that happens, all events, past, present, and to come, are gently planned by One whose only purpose is your good? ~ A Course in Miracles
Don’t go into the new year holding a grudge from last year. Leave the hurts and disappointments behind. All of us can look back and see things that should have defeated us. You’re still standing. That’s the goodness of God.
~ Joel Osteen
Being a candle is not easy; in order to give light, one must first burn. ~ Rumi
This is the season when people of all faiths and cultures are pushing back against the planetary darkness. We string bulbs, ignite bonfires, and light candles. And we sing.
~ Anita Diamant – Author and thought leader on contemporary Jewish life.