Articles on Nature

  • Stop talking, stop thinking

    Stop talking, stop thinking, and there is nothing you will not understand. ~Seng-Ts’an

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  • Fountain Fullness and Good Stewardship

    Fountain Fullness and Good Stewardship

    Post by Mary van Balen And since the nature of goodness is to diffuse itself… the Father is the fountain-fullness of goodness.        Ilia Delio Yet access to safe drinkable water is a basic and universal human right, since it is essential to human survival and, as such, is a condition for the exercise…

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  • Love is always there

    Love is always there. ~Gerald May

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  • Seek out a tree

    Seek out a tree and let it teach you stillness. ~Eckhart Tolle

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  • Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is…

    Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is…

    Today’s post is by Mary van Balen Hank is one of my favorite people. I don’t know him well, but I’m getting there. At the end of most work days I stop and talk with him on my way out. We talk about politics and religion despite conventional wisdom that warns against it. He shares…

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  • Travel as Prayer

    Travel as Prayer

    Today’s post is by Anita Davidson To celebrate my 60th and her 30th birthday, my daughter and I took a trip to Ireland and Lithuania. Ireland because I’ve always wanted to go there and Lithuania because my maternal grandparents emigrated from there to the US. It was my first trip “across the pond” and I…

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