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Daily Quote - August 11, 2019

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Looking deeply, what do you see?

“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.” - Henry David Thoreau When you look at a stranger, what do you see? Do you see the clothes they’re wearing, noting the style or how expensive they are? Do you see their age?…

Moving beyond fear

"One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again." Abraham Maslow It is extremely difficult to grow while in our comfort zone. As we know, the…

Start with who you are, where you are

“Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are.” - Pema Chödrön How much of the time is our attention focused on somewhere…

A better world begins with a better self

“It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives.” - Thomas Merton We've all spent time in deep and meaningful discussions about…

What does love look like?

"What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like." - Saint…

Gratitude

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” Marcus Tullius Cicero I'm not sure how one can even begin to measure the value of gratitude in our lives. When we are grateful, we are not discontent, angry,…

What are you paying attention to?

“Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.” José Ortega y Gasset What we're attending to in any given moment quite literally becomes our reality in that moment. We can only consciously experience that which we…