Eileen

“O my God, teach me to be generous,
teach me to serve you as I should,
to give without counting the cost,
to fight without fear of being wounded,
to work without seeking rest,
to labour without expecting any reward,
but the knowledge that I am doing your most holy will.”
― St. Ignatius of Loyola

“True peace can rarely be imposed from the outside; it must be born within and between communities through meetings and dialogue and then carried outward.”
― Jean Vanier, Finding Peace

“Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns...We may want to love other people without holding back, to feel authentic, to breathe in the beauty around us, to dance and sing. Yet each day we listen to inner voices that keep our life small.”
― Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha

“And we are put on this earth a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love.”
― William Blake