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JohnT · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:07 am Post subject:

"To love is to make of one's heart a swinging door."

-- Howard Thurman (born 1899, died 1981).
Howard Thurman was an eminent Afro-American theologian, author, educator, civil rights leader and philosopher.

JohnT · Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 7:33 pm Post subject:

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States (1953 - 1961).

Teri · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:28 am Post subject:

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are. ~Joan Didion

JohnT · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 1:40 pm Post subject:

"Feeling hopeful does not mean to be optimistically naive and ignore the tragedy humanity is facing. Hope is the virtue of a heart that doesn't lock itself into darkness, that doesn't dwell on the past, does not simply get by in the present, but is able to see a tomorrow."

-- Pope Francis (born 1936)
(part of this was in a papal Tweet in August, 2017...expanded in March, 2020)

Teri · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 6:02 am Post subject:

Someone has to stand up and say that the answer isn’t another pill. The answer is spinach. ~Bill Maher

Teri · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 5:14 am Post subject:

I love sandwiches. Let’s face it, life is better between two pieces of bread. ~Jeff Mauro

JohnT · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:02 pm Post subject:

“Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.”

― Lao Tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. His time is disputed, could be 4th or 6th century B.C.

JohnT · Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 12:01 pm Post subject:

Let’s use the word emancipation to describe a deeper, bigger, and scarier level of freedom: inner, outer, personal, economic, structural, and spiritual—all at once. Surely this is the task of our entire lifetime.

-- Richard Rohr, OFM (born 1943) is an American author, spiritual writer, and Franciscan friar based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

JohnT · Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 2:47 pm Post subject:

"Sol omnibus lucet"

Latin for "The sun shines for everyone."

Nice to remember.
Phrase mentioned in a streaming series called "When Calls the Heart".

Teri · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:38 am Post subject:

You can make any meal into a sandwich, and any sandwich into a meal. ~Jeff Mauro

JohnT · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 6:38 am Post subject:

Justice is not "just us". It's my comment!

“Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.”

― Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States (1953 - 1961).

Teri · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 6:36 am Post subject:

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she‑roes! ~Maya Angelou

Teri · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 5:06 am Post subject:

Everything slows down with age, except the time it takes cake and ice cream to reach your hips. ~John M. Wagner (“Maxine”)

Teri · Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 6:15 am Post subject:

The sea was an abstract painting: a band of azure sky above a swatch of indigo water above a ribbon of wet brown sand above a smear of hazel beach... It seemed like the kind of place you might encounter in dreams: too raw and wild to be real, yet somehow familiar at the same time, an ancient impression belonging to my species, imprinted in my genetic code, a knowledge deeper than memory. ~Abby Geni

JohnT · Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2020 8:08 am Post subject:

"The most selfish thing that you can do is help someone else."

-- attributed to Brian Mullaney of SmileTrain
(Smile Train is a charity that funds cleft lip-cleft palate surgery)