And noble man should be silent, thoughtful, and bold in battle.
But every man should be cheerful and happy till the inevitable day of death.

- Hávamál

Nothing people do is about you. It is because of themselves.
If you get mad at me, I know you are dealing with yourself.
If you are not afraid, there is no way you will get mad at me.
You don't need to take whatever you have in your own mind personally.
We have a choice whether or not to believe the forces - voices- we hear within our own minds.

- Miguel Ruiz

Tree Scrutiny

I stand apart and look;
looking I respect,
almost to the point of love.
But what I hope to be loving is God;
not because he made the tree,
But because he gives me the power
To see it with such intensity and clarity.  

- Phillip Toynbee

The greatest glory of a sister is to be in the image, the icon, of Mary and the Church.
The church is female.
Therefore, the women we are speaking of are not two, but three:

     There is Mary

     There is the Church

     And there is the consecrated woman

- Pope Francis

Our Lady will help us to live in Jesus, with him and for him.
Jesus will be our sole guide and we will be invaded by His holiness,
Filled with his own spirit of love.
Do all for Jesus and be like Mary, filled with Jesus.

- Mother Teresa

There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed.

- Jesus

What really matters is thought. Any outward act is but a sequel to thought.

- Emmett Fox

… Even as the holy and righteous cannot rise beyond the highest, which is in each of you.

So the wicked cannot fall lower than the lowest, which is in you also.

And as a single leaf turns not yellow but with the silent knowledge of the whole tree, so the wrong-doer cannot do wrong without the hidden will of you all.

- Kahlil Gibran

Novel Romance

As much as you want to be my endless novel,
I have a feeling that you will be the subtle differences
Between my confessions and my regrets-
The once promising, crumbled pieces of paper
by the waste bin.
Long stories were never my long suit.

- Allison Theresa

Children imitating cormorants
are even more wonderful
than cormorants.

-Kobayashi Issa

I claimed a great love and that I had given up
What the world gives to be in that love.
You said “Such claims require a witness.”
I said “This longing, these tears.”

- Rumi

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