Articles on Prayer

  • All you ever have

    Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. ~Eckhart Tolle

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  • Embraced by the Earth

    Embraced by the Earth

    Today’s post is by Anita Davidson Memories of my childhood are very incomplete and foggy, except for a few. As Earth Day approaches, one of them keeps recurring and the memory isn’t just in my mind. It’s deeply visceral. So much so that I feel compelled to write it down. I was born and raised…

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  • All the buried seeds

    All the buried seeds crack open in the dark the instant they surrender to a process they can’t see. ~Mark Nepo

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  • Open a space

    When we recognize that we can no longer rely on our own resources, we open a space for God to work. ~Desmond Tutu

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  • The Search Begins

    Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. ~John O’Donohue

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  • Just where you are

    Just where you are —that’s the place to start. ~Pema Chödrön

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