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“The most precious thing I have to tell you about is the sadness. You don’t have to talk about pain, but you have to live out of your pain. Speak out of your depths. Speak out of who you truly are. And when somebody says, “How are you?” don’t say, “I’m fine.” Maybe just say, “Well, I’m not so good. How are you?” Then let the conversation move. Talk not about it, but talk out of it. And, I mean, literally talk in this place.”
― A Crazy, Holy Grace: The Healing Power of Pain and Memory
― A Crazy, Holy Grace: The Healing Power of Pain and Memory
“We’ve all had saints in our lives, by which I mean not plaster saints, not moral exemplars, not people setting for us a kind of suffocating good example, but I mean saints in the sense of life givers. People through knowing whom we become more alive.”
― The Remarkable Ordinary: How to Stop, Look, and Listen to Life
― The Remarkable Ordinary: How to Stop, Look, and Listen to Life
“...
May I live this day
Compassionate of heart,
Clear in word,
Gracious in awareness,
Courageous in thought,
Generous in love.”
― Benedictus: A Book of Blessings
May I live this day
Compassionate of heart,
Clear in word,
Gracious in awareness,
Courageous in thought,
Generous in love.”
― Benedictus: A Book of Blessings
“I don't know what it means to love God. Really, I'm not all that good at it. But I think one of the things it means is, just as in the case of loving anybody else, you stop and watch and wait. Listen for God. Stop and watch and wait for him. To love God means to pay attention. Be mindful. Be open to the possibility that God is with you in ways that, unless you have your eyes open, you may never glimpse. The speaks words that, unless you have your ears open, you may never hear. Draw near to him as best you can.”
― The Remarkable Ordinary: How to Stop, Look, and Listen to Life
― The Remarkable Ordinary: How to Stop, Look, and Listen to Life
Janet’s 2024 Year in Books
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