Hurt

"The worm is one of the only creatures that grows from bing cut.  Mysteriously, if you cut a worm in two, each half becomes whole, and you have two worms.

What is it in how the worm lives that allows it to grow from its pain, and how might we translate that to being human  It lives in humus -the soil- inside and out. 

Perhaps the secret to growing from our wounds is to live close to the earth, to live with our hearts and minds and bellies always in touch -both inside and out - with that which is larger than we are. 

Perhaps, when cut in two, it is a life of humility, of risking to be at one with the soil of our experience, that allows us to heal into something entirely new."  Mark Nepo

Abundance

"One of the most difficult things for us to accept is that beneath all our dreams and disappointments, we live and breathe in abundance.  It is hard when in pain to believe that all we ever need is before us, around us, within us.  And yet it is true.

The humble challenge of being  human is not in agreeing or disputing this truth.  Our humble way, if we can open it, is to root ourselves beneath the thousand dreams and excuses that keep us from the ground we walk.  Time and again, we are asked to outlast what we want and hope for, in order to see what's there.  It is enough."  Mark Nepo

War

"All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers." (Francois de Fenelon)

Greatness

Greatness

Is always built upon this foundation:

The ability

To appear, speak, and act

As the most

Common

Man

Humility

"Humility is the beginning, the middle and the end of the path.   The more humble you become the greater the divine transforming power can be given you.  The more humbly you are willing to do whatever is asked of you, without asking for certainty or reward, the more can be done through you and by you by God."  Andrew Harvey

Humility

"You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself. " ~Galileo Galilei~

Silence

"He who speaks doesn't know; he who knows doesn't speak."  Tao Te Ching

Silence

"Daily silence experienced in humility and fervour as an indispensable exercise in spiritual nourishment gradually creates with us a permanent state of silence.   The soul discovers in such a silence unsuspected possibilities.   It realizes that life can be lived out at different levels."   Pierre LaCout