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Quote: Only when…

October 15, 2019

“Only when one is connected [more] to one’s inner core is one connected to others. And, for me, the core, the inner spring, can best be re-found through solitude.” —...
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Quote of the Month: Louis L’Amour

October 15, 2019

"Up to a point a man's life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him; then there comes a time when it lies within...
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Quote: No despair of ours…

October 15, 2019

"No despair of ours [more] can alter the reality of things or stain the joy of the cosmic dance which is always there." By Thomas Merton
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Quote: New Seeds of Contemplation

October 15, 2019

"New Seeds of Contemplation" by Thomas Merton [more] "If we could let go of our own obsession of what we think is "the meaning of it all," we might just...
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Quote: Look to this day

October 15, 2019

"Look to this day: [more]    For it is life, the very life of life.    In its brief course    Lie all the verities and realities of your existence....
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Quote: Letter to a Young Activist

October 15, 2019

"Do not depend on the hopes of results. [more] When you are doing the sort of work you have taken on, essentially an apostolic work, you may have to face...
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Quote: Karma of Love

October 15, 2019

By JJ Dewey [more] "When the initiating cause is love in the direction of another human being, we then have the effect (karma) of love coming back to us from...
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Quote: It’s not the drink we crave…

October 15, 2019

Written by Beth Kloos [more] "It's not the drink we crave but the issues we bury with the drink that we crave to fix."
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Quote: If you do not feel connected to your noble purpose…

October 15, 2019

by Ann Ronan [more] "If you do not feel connected to your noble purpose, relax. You don't have to agonize over it. Your noble purpose is already a creative force...
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Quote: If wishes were…

October 15, 2019

"If wishes were [more] horses then beggars would ride, on clouds of white stallions with bright fiery eyes, chasing dreams of tomorrow into yesterday's skies." Written by Mason Williams
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Quote: Happiness is…

October 15, 2019

"Happiness is [more] neither the virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing." Written by William Butler Yeats
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Quote: Everything that irritates us…

October 15, 2019

"Everything that irritates us [more] about others can lead us to an understanding about ourselves." Written by Carl Jung
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Quote: Don’t Aim at Success

October 15, 2019

"Don't Aim at Success" - by Viktor Frankl [more] "Don't aim at success - the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going...
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Quote: Celebrity graduation speakers: Wit and wisdom

October 15, 2019

Celebrity graduation speakers: Wit and wisdom from John Legend, singer and musician, for University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences [more] "Searching for the truth in many ways is...
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Quote: Being Safe Places for Others

October 15, 2019

"Being Safe Places for Others" by Henri J. M. Nouwen [more] "When we are free from the need to judge or condemn, we can become safe places for people to...
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Quote: An excerpt from the poem “Desideratta”

October 15, 2019

An excerpt from the poem "Desideratta" by Max Ehrmann [more] "With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy."
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“Uncle John’s Band”

By Grateful Dead

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: I never “got” the Grateful Dead as so many of my friends did. But since the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is opening a new exhibit to...
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October Quote: Helen Keller

October 15, 2019

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to...
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October Newsletter: When You Run

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

A lyric in one of my favorite Avett Brothers songs (featured in Tim’s Library – Songs - April, 2010) states:                   "When you run, make sure you run, to something...
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The Warmth of Other Suns
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The Warmth of Other Suns

By Isabel Wilkerson

October 15, 2019

by Isabel Wilkerson Book Link Editor’s Note: Wilkerson is a first time book writer but a Pulitzer Prize winning feature writer for the New York Times. This epic non-fiction work...
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October Article: The Geography of Poverty

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: This article’s surprise for me is that most of the world’s poorest people don’t live in the poorest countries. Does this mean sending aid to autocrats that never...
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