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“Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.” – W. Somerset Maugham
December 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
“Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.” – W. Somerset Maugham
“The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.” – Isaac Asimov
December 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.” – Isaac Asimov
“Where your delight is, the rest of your world is going to follow.” – Matt Chandler
December 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Where your delight is, the rest of your world is going to follow.” – Matt Chandler
“Every day, I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight.” – Mary Oliver
December 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“Every day, I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight.” – Mary Oliver
“Do not forgo joy to circumstances, to someday, to the past, to the future. Peace, delight, ease this day. Slow entry, steady pace, slow exit. Middle places filled with laughter, kindness, promise. Awaiting our participation, care, attention.” – Margaret Renkl
December 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
“Do not forgo joy to circumstances, to someday, to the past, to the future. Peace, delight, ease this day. Slow entry, steady pace, slow exit. Middle places filled with laughter, kindness, promise. Awaiting our participation, care, attention.” – Margaret Renkl
“And we will turn toward each other without fear. And we will give up our appetite for despair. And we will taste and know of delight.” – Jan Richardson
December 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“And we will turn toward each other without fear. And we will give up our appetite for despair. And we will taste and know of delight.” – Jan Richardson
“If you are paying attention, then the day is going to be pretty joyful, and a lot of delight will fill it.” – Greg Boyle
December 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“If you are paying attention, then the day is going to be pretty joyful, and a lot of delight will fill it.” – Greg Boyle
“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” – e. e. cummings
December 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” – e. e. cummings
“Staying awake comes not from willpower but from a wholehearted surrender to the moment as it is. . . . It is an acceptance of the full reality of what is right here and now. It will be the task of our whole lives.” – Richard Rohr
December 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“Staying awake comes not from willpower but from a wholehearted surrender to the moment as it is. . . . It is an acceptance of the full reality of what is right here and now. It will be the task of our whole lives.” – Richard Rohr
Hello, sun in my face.
Hello, you who make the morning
and spread it over the fields . . .
Watch, now, how I start the day
in happiness, in kindness.
– Mary Oliver
Hello, you who make the morning
and spread it over the fields . . .
Watch, now, how I start the day
in happiness, in kindness.
– Mary Oliver
December 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Hello, sun in my face.
Hello, you who make the morning
and spread it over the fields . . .
Watch, now, how I start the day
in happiness, in kindness.
– Mary Oliver
Hello, you who make the morning
and spread it over the fields . . .
Watch, now, how I start the day
in happiness, in kindness.
– Mary Oliver
“Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.” – Carl Sagan
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
“Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.” – Carl Sagan
“Without the challenges, you probably would go to back to sleep. The challenges keep you awake.” – Eckhart Tolle
December 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
“Without the challenges, you probably would go to back to sleep. The challenges keep you awake.” – Eckhart Tolle
“An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.” – Hafez
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.” – Hafez
“We know from experience that whenever we are truly awake and alive, we are also truly grateful.” – David Steindl-Rast
December 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
“We know from experience that whenever we are truly awake and alive, we are also truly grateful.” – David Steindl-Rast
“Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement.” – Jack Kornfield
December 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement.” – Jack Kornfield
“How would it be for us to become so awake to God that we know God even in our sleeping: the sleeping we do in the rhythm of daily life, and the final sleep that will carry us beyond this life?” – Jan Richardson
December 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
“How would it be for us to become so awake to God that we know God even in our sleeping: the sleeping we do in the rhythm of daily life, and the final sleep that will carry us beyond this life?” – Jan Richardson
“Awakening is not changing who you are but discarding who you are not.” – Deepak Chopra
December 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Awakening is not changing who you are but discarding who you are not.” – Deepak Chopra
“The great task of religion is to keep us fully awake, alert, and conscious. Then we will know whatever it is that we need to know. When we are present, we will know the Presence. . . . Too much religion has encouraged us to be unconscious, but God respects us too much for that.” – Richard Rohr
December 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“The great task of religion is to keep us fully awake, alert, and conscious. Then we will know whatever it is that we need to know. When we are present, we will know the Presence. . . . Too much religion has encouraged us to be unconscious, but God respects us too much for that.” – Richard Rohr
“When there is spiritual awakening, you awaken into the fullness, the aliveness, and also the sacredness of now. You were absent, asleep, and now you are present, awake.” – Eckhart Tolle
December 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“When there is spiritual awakening, you awaken into the fullness, the aliveness, and also the sacredness of now. You were absent, asleep, and now you are present, awake.” – Eckhart Tolle
“Active waiting implies being fully present to the moment with the conviction that something is happening where we are and that we want to be present to it. A waiting person is someone who is present to the moment, believing that this moment is the moment.” – Henri Nouwen
December 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“Active waiting implies being fully present to the moment with the conviction that something is happening where we are and that we want to be present to it. A waiting person is someone who is present to the moment, believing that this moment is the moment.” – Henri Nouwen
“There is so much joy in the world, waiting to be found.” – Noah Kahan
December 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“There is so much joy in the world, waiting to be found.” – Noah Kahan
“Contemplation is waiting patiently for the gaps to be filled in, and it does not insist on quick closure or easy answers.” – Richard Rohr
December 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
“Contemplation is waiting patiently for the gaps to be filled in, and it does not insist on quick closure or easy answers.” – Richard Rohr
“Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.” – Henri Nouwen
December 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.” – Henri Nouwen
“I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.” - John O’Donohue
December 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.” - John O’Donohue
“The possibilities of another person. Is there any anticipation on this earth quite like that one? Is there anything lonelier than being without it?” – Mitch Albom
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“The possibilities of another person. Is there any anticipation on this earth quite like that one? Is there anything lonelier than being without it?” – Mitch Albom