“Come on, dance with me. The earth is spinning. We just can’t stand on it.”
– Dino Ahmetovic
When you pray, move your feet.
– African Proverb
“All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain.”
– Richard Rohr
“God spoke today in flowers, and I, who was waiting on words, almost missed the conversation.”
– Ingrid Goff-Maidoff
“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings, when the dawn is still dark.”
– Rabindranath Tagore, 20th Century Indian Poet
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“Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.”
– Saadi of Shiraz
“The coincidence demands it’s hearing.”
– William Kentridge
Mudita
Mudita (Pali and Sanskrit: मुदिता):
The pleasure that comes from delighting in other people’s well being, specifically the feeling of sympathetic joy—genuine happiness experienced in response to the well being and success of others.
“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”
– Desmond Tutu
Patience
“Trust in God suffices. He who possesses patience possesses power. Patience is might.”
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