Showing posts with label joan chittister. Show all posts
Showing posts with label joan chittister. Show all posts

Monday, January 8, 2018

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Live life to its fullest. Don't hold back. Don't steal your own opportunities to experience joy

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

If you are yearning, you are growing. If you're not, you are settling for the status quo

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

When you stop trying to make it happen and allow what is supposed to occur, occur, then you get to experience the mysteries of life.

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

If you are what you do and you do not like who you are, embrace a new, loving and positive behavior.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

CONTEMPLATION, SOCIAL ACTION AND JUSTICE





As I have listened to people talk about who their Presidential candidates are and why, I have come to realize that we live in a world where technology is allowing for the spread of information which has the potential to dismantle the structure of inherited power. It is clear that how things are has failed to solve society’s problems. We see grassroots organizations of all kinds forming again seeking to bring about change or to maintain the status quo. What I have come to realize is that it is easier to speak up and out when one has some form of privileged status in one’s life. How do we help those who have been made to feel completely helpless by these systems to feel their needs are being heard as well? How do we give voice to those who feel completely voiceless and have forgotten how to hope, dream, and are just moving through life waiting to die.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Do we realize what we are saying when we forgive? Do we realize that we are owning our own weakness as well as our inner richness?

     

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

WHEN IT COMES TO FORGIVENESS, WE NEED TO ADOPT THE NIKE SLOGAN -- JUST DO IT!