Tag: balance
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Thomas Merton
Hi, Friends, I’ve been slowing down and practicing aparigraha to the best of my ability. Every moment can be challenging! I want to share with you one of my favorite quotes. Let’s use it as food for the Advent journey. “One who is content with what he has and who accepts the fact that he…
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A Morning Resolve
I will try this day to live a simple, sincere, and serene life, repelling promptly every thought of discontent, anxiety, discouragement, impurity, and self-seeking; cultivating cheerfulness, magnanimity, charity, and the habit of holy silence; exercising economy in expenditure, generosity in giving, carefulness in conversation, diligence in appointed service, fidelity to every trust, and a childlike faith in…
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Just Weight
The balances are delicate; striking and tipping and striking and falling in deep enough to keep waiting, living for the moments we are each other’s counter weight, each other’s perch, each other’s harmony and song of songs when devotion sings and selflessness outweighs pride, humility offsets righteousness and we sync ourselves to the striking balance…
Amy Secrist 