A Year of Love & Wonder (3rd edition)

["September 3rd \u2026 The Pursuit of Love & Beauty \u2015The pursuit of [Love] & Beauty are the spheres of activity in which we are encouraged to remain as children for all our lives.\u2016 ~ Albert Einstein \u2015It all begins when you start to truly Care.\u2016 ~ Gordon Ooghe 251","September 4th \u2026 To See for your Self \u2015Let us go & See for ourselves.\u2016 ~ Jacques Cousteau We cannot See without opening our eyes, we cannot open our eyes without opening our minds, we cannot open our minds without opening our Hearts, and we cannot open our Hearts without opening our arms. 252","September 5th \u2026 The Catcher in the Rye \u2015Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. And I\u2018m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff. That\u2018s all I\u2018d do all day. I\u2018d just be the Catcher in the Rye. I know it\u2018s crazy, but that\u2018s the only thing I\u2018d really like to be.\u2016 ~ J. D. Salinger We cannot become another\u2019s Salvation while we are ourselves seeking to be Saved. 253","September 6th \u2026 An easier Sacrifice \u2015In order to live Free & Happy, you must sacrifice boredom. It is not an easy sacrifice.\u2016 ~ Richard Bach Life is always amazing, & remaining amazed is always a choice \u2026 And we can only choose real amazement by bravely acting accordingly. 254","September 7th \u2026 Revealed to the Infants \u2015I thank you, Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent, and revealed them instead to infants\u2016 ~ Jesus (Matthew 11:25) \u2015To you the Earth yields Her fruit, and you shall never want, if you but remember how to fill your hands.\u2016 ~ Kahlil Gibran (NOTE: Grasping hands can never be filled.) 255","September 8th \u2026 God\u2018s consummate Art \u2015Truth is simple \u2026 and Balance is simple. Indeed, the rhythmic, balanced interchange of all pairs of opposite expressions is the consummate art of God\u2018s Universe of Light.\u2016 ~ Walter Russell \u2015The wisdom-mind of all Buddhas resides within you.\u2016 ~ unknown 256","September 9th \u2026 Letting needs meet the Giving \u2015Peace is where your greatest gift meets your Community\u2018s deepest need.\u2016 ~ anonymous \u2015Let your Self be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you truly Love.\u2016 ~ Rumi (At our deepest Center, we all love to Love, much more than we love to be loved.) 257","September 10th \u2026 In the chambers of the Heart \u2015It is a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart.\u2016 ~ Ethan Cohen \u2015These mysteries God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything; even the depths of God.\u2016 ~ Paul (1 Corinthians 2:10) 258","September 11th \u2026 The highest Road \u2015The highest Courage is to dare to be your Self in the face of all adversity. Choosing right over wrong, choosing ethics over convenience, and choosing Truth over popularity \u2026 These are the choices that measure the Life well-lived. So set forth into your days with full resolve, and travel boldly the Path of Integrity.\u2016 ~ unknown \u2015Avoid playing the Game of Love at all unless you choose to deeply & earnestly Play.\u2016 ~ anonymous 259","September 12th \u2026 Every space as Sacred \u2015A caring attitude makes every space Sacred.\u2016 ~ anonymous When you yearn for Love, its well runs quickly dry. When Love is freely given, you will never thirst. 260","September 13th \u2026 The Spirit of Truth \u2015And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither Sees It nor Knows It. You Know It, because It abides with you, and It will be within you.\u2016 ~ Jesus (John 14:16-17) \u2015The world will not evolve past its current state by using the same thinking that created it.\u2016 ~ A. Einstein (To have a new Life, you must live the new Life.) 261","September 14th \u2026 On walking Smoothly \u2015Walk smoothly \u2013 as if you are the Epiphany.\u2016 ~ anonymous \u2015When people have Light in themselves, It will shine out from them. In these moments we get to truly know each other -- as we walk together in the darkness; without needing to pass our hands over each other\u2019s faces, or intrude into each other\u2019s Hearts.\u2016 ~ inspired by Albert Schweitzer (To avoid all intrusions of ego, we must reach out to others with deeds from the Heart.) 262","September 15th \u2026 Between Here & the Dust \u2015Between here and the dust, Joy is all we have.\u2016 ~ A. A. Attanasio \u2015Give Light \u2014 and the darkness will disappear on its own.\u2016 ~ Erasmus 263","September 16th \u2026 Exposing the Light \u2015Everything exposed by the Light becomes visible, for everything that becomes visible IS Light.\u2016 ~ unknown (Ephesians 5:13-14) \u2015The obscure we eventually See. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.\u2016 ~ Edward R. Murrow (Love makes everything completely obvious.) 264","September 17th \u2026 Whatever tomorrow Brings \u2015Whatever tomorrow brings I\u2018ll be there with open arms and open eyes.\u2016 ~ Incubus \u2015There is a Light within a person of Light, and It illuminates the whole world.\u2016 ~ Jesus Christ (Thomas 24) (To finally come to See the Light, we must first choose to bring It forth from within.) 265","September 18th \u2026 Seeing the world Anew \u2015See what others do not See \u2026 See what other choose not to See \u2026 See the whole world anew.\u2016 ~ Steve Oedekerk \u2015Choose happiness & Joy in the face of Life\u2019s challenges \u2026 Be still, hold a holy and whole vision \u2026 and then dance.\u2016 ~ Brooke Medicine Eagle (To truly Dance with Reality, choose to See what IS \u2026 To truly See what IS, choose to Dance with whatever you see.) 266","September 19th \u2026 In essence all One \u2015I believe that if only we would read the scriptures of the different faiths from the standpoints of the followers of those faiths, we would find that they were in essence all One, and were all actually supportive of one another.\u2016 ~ M. Gandhi There may be many different religions, and yet they all share the same Path to Truth. 267","September 20th \u2026 The Humble & the Patient \u2015Remember to walk the Path of those who are Humble (Ha\u2018a Ha\u2018a), and to live your life with great Patience (Ho\u2018omanawanui).\u2016 ~ Libert Naka\u2018ahiki Patience only comes to those who choose NOT to wait to Love. 268","September 21st \u2026 Allowing others to Be \u2015Yes, let\u2018s Wake Up and move beyond judgments of \u2017good\u2018 & \u2017bad\u2018. Let\u2018s move into unity, where there is no duality \u2026 If I stay detached from all the bad or good moods and emotions and feelings and judgments and projections, I find myself happier and free from the enslavement of having to either \u2017be good\u2018 or feel guilty over \u2017being bad\u2018 \u2026 I just allow myself to Be and allow others to Be as well.\u2016 ~ Lucia Brecheisen 269","September 22nd \u2026 The Way resting Within \u2015The Way is neither the outset nor the destination \u2026 The Way rests within each step we with Courage take.\u2016 ~ unknown When traversing a steeper slope, it is best to make each step your Summit. 270","September 23rd \u2026 How to see the Daylight \u2015Daylight, full of small dancing particles \u2026 And the Great One turning, our Souls are dancing with You \u2026 Without text, they dance. Can you See them when I whisper in your ear?\u2016 ~ Rumi The loudest Love is always uttered with but a whisper. 271","September 24th \u2026 Here, you Are Said the student of Zen to the vegan hot dog vendor: \u2015Make me ONE with Everything\u2016 \u2026 Said the Zen Master hot dog vendor to the Student: \u2015Here, You are.\u2016 ~ anonymous \u2015Great Spirit, help me to avoid judging another until I have walked in his moccasins for many days.\u2016 ~ Sioux Prayer 272","September 25th \u2026 Here to DO \u2015We are all here to Do what we are all here to DO.\u2016 ~ Lana Wachowski 273","September 26th \u2026 To climb the highest Mountain \u2015He who does not climb High Mountains cannot hope to comprehend the beauty of their Valleys.\u2016 ~ Chinese proverb \u2015So much that was beautiful \u2013 and so much hard to bear, yet whenever I showed myself willing to bear it, the hard was directly transformed into the beautiful.\u2016 ~ Etty Hillesum (Both \u2015difficult\u2016 and \u2015emPowering\u2016 are choices available in every encounter.) 274","September 27th \u2026 A Foundation of Love \u2015Friend, our closeness is this: that anywhere you place your feet, you will be able to feel me there in the firmness beneath you.\u2016 ~ J. Rumi 275","September 28th \u2026 When the two become One \u2015All human progress has been the story of someone who believed passionately in something, and of someone else who believed passionately in that person.\u2016 ~ Dan Zadra What most folks miss is the simple Truth that we are \u2014 each & every one of us both the believer and the one believed. 276","September 29th \u2026 Spreading the Good \u2015Grandma said when you come on something Good, first thing you do is to share It with whoever you can find \u2026 That way, the Good spreads out where no telling it will go \u2013 which is Right.\u2016 ~ Forrest Carter 277","September 30th \u2026 Gazing outward Together \u2015Love does not consist of gazing into each other\u2018s eyes, but rather lives fully while looking outward together in the same direction.\u2016 ~ Antoine de St. Exupery The only way to truly Love another is to look their Way. 278","October 1st \u2026 Reaping real Riches \u2015A wealthy person is not the one who has the most; but rather the one who needs the least.\u2016 ~ unknown \u2015When I let go of who I am, I become what I might Be. When I let go of what I have, I receive all I need.\u2016 ~ unknown 279","October 2nd \u2026 Wisdom ever Waiting \u2015For the scientist who has lived by his \u2017faith\u2018 in the power of reason, it all ends like a frightening dream \u2026 He has scaled the mountain of ignorance and is about to conquer its highest peak \u2026 And yet as he pulls himself up over that final edge, he is greeted by a jovial band of mystics who have been waiting there for him for centuries\u2016 ~ Robert Jastrow In all moments of self-focus, we are the scientist, futilely scaling the infinite heights of the The Mystery. In all moments of selflessness, we are the band of Mystics, already knowing all that is to be Known. 280","October 3rd \u2026 The Leap of Love \u2015I have seized death\u2018s door handle, like a fish out of water \u2013 waiting for the cat.\u2016 ~ David Crosby Avoid waiting for the Universe to randomly dole out your demise. Choose your moment of greatest Sacrifice \u2026 and let that moment always be Now. 281","October 4th \u2026 The only Mistake \u2015In essence, the only mistake one can make in life is to not Love another \u2014 especially in those times when it is difficult to do so.\u2016 ~ anonymous \u2015Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, & magic \u2026 Begin it now.\u2016 ~ J. Wolfgang von Goethe 282","October 5th \u2026 What Love IS \u2015Love is much more something you think than something you merely feel, \u2026 and much more something you do than something you merely think, \u2026 and much more something you become than something you merely do.\u2016 ~ anonymous When you think Love while acting accordingly, you literally become that very thought. 283","October 6th \u2026 On having new Eyes \u2015The real Voyage of Discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but rather in having new eyes.\u2016 ~ Marcel Proust To obtain renewed Vision, you must first re-open the eyes you already use. 284","October 7th \u2026 Within the Souls of Men \u2015Peace comes within the Souls of men when they realize their Oneness with the Universe; when they realize It is really everywhere \u2026 It is within each one of us.\u2016 ~ Black Elk Peace is only realized while Peace is enacted. 285","October 8th \u2026 No better Way \u2015There is no \u2017better way\u2018 than the path already tread.\u2016 ~ anonymous Kindness shows others the Way back to the very Heaven in which they already reside. 286","October 9th \u2026 To see only Sunlight \u2015Whoever happened to gaze upon the foundation of your Soul, saw only sunlight.\u2016 ~ Prague Cemetery epitaph (Stuttgart, Germany) To truly See another person, you\u2019ve got to be able to look on their Bright Side. 287","October 10th \u2026 Always right for Dancing \u2015The music is all-Ways right for dancing.\u2016 ~ anonymous Waiting for a \u2015better\u2016 that could be, ever blinds us to the Perfect that already IS. 288","October 11th \u2026 Power in every Drop \u2015Drops of water always hollow even the hardest stones. And they always do so gently; never right away, and never by force.\u2016 ~ Chinese Proverb Water hollows stone simply by being water; simply by flowing onward persistently \u2013 and waiting for the stone to move aside. 289","October 12th \u2026 Choosing what IS \u2015The world is ruled by allowing things to take their course.\u2016 ~ Lao Tsu (Tao Te Ching #48) True Power comes from always choosing to Flow courageously (i.e. Lovingly) with whatever happens to happen. 290","October 13th \u2026 To pray on God\u2018s Altar \u2015Silence is the altar of God.\u2016 ~ Paramahansa Yogananda A heartfelt hug is always our most potent prayer. 291","October 14th \u2026 A Channel of Peace \u2015Oh Lord, make me a channel of thy Peace: that where there is hatred, I may bring Love; \u2026 that where there is injustice, I may bring forgiveness; \u2026 that where there is discord, I may bring harmony; \u2026 that where there is error, I may bring Truth; \u2026 that where there is doubt, I may bring Faith; \u2026 that where there is despair, I may bring enthusiasm; \u2026 that where there is darkness, I may bring Light; \u2026 that where there is sadness, I may bring Joy. Grant that I seek to understand rather than to be understood \u2026 and that I seek to Love rather than to be loved. For it is by forgetting one\u2018s self that one finds, and it is by dying to self that one awakens to life eternal.\u2016 ~ St. Francis of Assisi 292","October 15th \u2026 The very best Thing \u2015You are always encountering the very best thing that has ever happened for you.\u2016 ~ anonymous Revel in your Time; remembering, of course, that your Time is right NOW. 293","October 16th \u2026 Rousing the Sleeper \u2015An awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to Love selflessly has roused the sleeper in vain.\u2016 ~ Jessamyn West We only truly Awaken when we dive into the waters of Caring \u2026 All other efforts are merely weakened libations that numb & blur. (image by Michael Parkes) 294","October 17th \u2026 The genius of Transcendence \u2015To all those who think differently \u2014 the unconventional thinkers, the visionaries, the idealists, the rebels; those who don\u2018t let themselves be confined to any set pattern. For all those who see things differently. To those who bow to no rules and have no obedience \u2026 We quote them, contradict them, admire them &\/or reject them. And yet the only thing we cannot do is ignore them. Because they change things \u2014 they discover; they mold; they create; they heal; they inspire. They bring Humanity further \u2026 Maybe they are even a bit crazy. How else could they stare at an empty canvas and see a Masterpiece? Or sit in total silence and Hear a song never before written? \u2026 Yet while others may believe them to be delusional, we see the genius in them. Because it is those crazy enough to believe that they can change the world, who are the only ones who ever do.\u2016 ~ unknown 295","October 18th \u2026 Getting to know God \u2015God is not only the omnipresent & vibrating energy of omnipotent consciousness, but also the \u2017frozen energy\u2018 & the \u2017frozen consciousness\u2018 that we know as matter.\u2016 ~ Paramahansa Yogananda God is both the shimmering we call \u2015consciousness\u2016 and the static we call \u2015form\u2016. 296","October 19th \u2026 Be like Water \u2015Be as water, without friction. Flow around the edges of those within your Path ... Surround within your ever-moving depths those who come to rest there. Enfold them, while never for a moment holding on \u2026 Be with them gently, as far as they allow your strength to take them, and fill with your own being the remaining space when remain behind ... While dropping down Life\u2018s rapids, froth into fragments if you must; knowing that the many of you will just as many times eventually become One again. And then, once you have gone as far as you can go, come to rest -- and quietly await your next beginning.\u2016 ~ inspired by N. F. McInnis 297","October 20th \u2026 Daring to Adventure \u2015Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, \u2026 or nothing.\u2016 ~ Helen Keller 298","October 21st \u2026 Dreamers who Do \u2015The world has dreamers and the world has doers. Of course, above all, the world needs Dreamers who Do.\u2016 ~ Sarah B. Breathnach 299","October 22nd \u2026 on Joy & Suffering \u2015Whatever suffering there is in this world comes from desiring for myself to be happy. And whatever Joy there is in this world comes from desiring for others to be Happy.\u2016 ~ Shantideva 300"]