The
fullness of joy is to behold God in everything.
Julian
of Norwich
Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever
is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything
is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Philippians
4:8
I will go forth in perfect faith in the power of Omnipresent Good
to bring me what I need at the time I need it.
Paramahansa
Yogananda
Providence always comes to our help. When the need is immediate,
the intervention of providence is also immediate. It is not always
a matter of huge amounts, but of what is needed at a given moment.
Mother
Teresa of Calcutta
Life means living with uncertainty...feeling your way through life,
letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark. There is
no absolute security except in absolute faith.
Dan
Millman
Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the time I am being
carried on great winds across the sky.
Ojibway
Indian saying
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen,
or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.
Helen
Keller
How necessary it is to cultivate a spirit of joy. I believe we are
called to the duty of delight.
Dorothy
Day
Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.
Scottish
Proverb
A person will be called to account on Judgement Day for every permissible
thing he or she might have enjoyed but did not.
Talmud
My body has taught me many things, all of them filled with soul:
how to dance and make love, mourn and make music; now it is teaching
me how to heal. I am learning to heed the shifting currents of my
body—the subtle changes in temperature, muscle tension, thought
and mood—the way a sailor rides the wind by reading the ripples
on the water.
Kat Duff
Exercising can actually be a form of prayer—a thanksgiving
for the privilege of having a body and for simply being alive.
Regina Ryan and John Travis
We physicians need to reclaim the sacred nature of the work. Healing
is not a matter of technique or mechanism; it is a work of spirit.
True healing is not just about the recovery of the body . . . more
often, it's about the recovery of the soul.
Rachel Naomi Remen
Be so drunk with the love of God day and night that you will know
nothing else. And give that love to all.
Paramahansa
Yogananda
You are the light of the world… let your light shine.
Matthew
5:14 & 16
A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love.
Mother
Teresa of Calcutta
Where there is hatred, let us sow love; Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope; Where there is sadness, joy.
Francis
of Assisi
Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming
away better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s
kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness
in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.
Mother
Teresa of Calcutta
Peter came up and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother
sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy
times seven.”
Matthew
18:21-22
Great Spirit, we ask for strength and you give us difficulties,
which make us strong.
Native
American prayer
If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper
to a man when he goes for a walk.
Raymond
Inmon
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will
flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow
their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while
cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
John
Muir
Every part of this earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine
needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every meadow.
All are holy in the memory and the experience of my people. The
perfumed flowers are our sisters. The bear, the deer, the great
eagle, these are our brothers. We love this earth as a newborn loves
its mother’s heartbeat.
Chief
Seattle
First have love in your heart; then do whatever you want.
Paraphrase
of St. Augustine
Beginning with the early dawn of each day, I will radiate joy to
everyone I meet. I will be mental sunshine for all who cross my
path. Before the unfailing light of my cheer, darkness will take
flight.
Paramahansa
Yogananda
Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is
not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is
not irritable or resentful…. Love always protects, always
trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
1
Corinthians 13:4-8
The sun shines not on us, but in us.
John
Muir
Learn to be a radiant human, and then shine on others.
Sark
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances.
1
Thessalonians 5:16-17
Feel the love of God; then in every person you will see the face
of the Father, the light of love which is in all. You will find
a magic, living relationship uniting the trees, the sky, the stars,
all people, and all living things; and you will feel a oneness with
them. This is the code of divine love.
Paramahansa
Yogananda
Just as a mother with her own life
Protects her child, her only child, from harm,
So within yourself let grow
A boundless love for all creatures.
Let your love flow outward through the universe,
To its height, its depth, its broad extent,
A limitless love, without hatred or enmity.
Sutta
Nipata
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid…for the Lord your
God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.
Deuteronomy
31:6
Go forward bravely. Fear nothing. Trust in God; all will be well.
Joan
of Arc
Faith is the only known cure for fear.
Lena
Sadler
O Great Spirit, help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen
with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that
may be found in silence.
Cherokee
Prayer
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
Kahlil
Gibran
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