spring

Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space. Invite one to stay.

Wild winter winds depart
in a final, dying howl.
Blackbird returns, a red-winged
oracle of spring,
announcing new life and renewed light,
shimmering with possibilities
of ever-circling Hope.

Compassion takes practice to flow freely from the heart.

It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love others. The more solitary I am, the more affection I have for them. It is pure affection, and filled with reverence for the solitude of others. Solitude and silence teach me to love others for what they are, not for what they say.

We can do no great things, only small things with great love.

This is what our love is —a sacred pattern of unbroken unity, sewn flawlessly, invisible inside all other images, thoughts, smells, and sounds.

People are too heavy for you? Do not carry them on your shoulders, hold them in your heart.

If you want to be a rebel, be kind.

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

It has been well observed that though nations may differ from nations, communities from communities, and people from people, human nature is the same everywhere. As there is but one sun that warms and gives light to the earth, there is but one God who teaches us to love one another and care for each other.