In this topsy-turvy world, we all could use some encouragement. Not encouragement about the state of the world, but encouragement of a very personal nature. It’s the encouragement we need to help us proceed on our inner journey — our One Journey — in spite of all the obstacles from outside of us and from within. It’s the encouragement we […]
Human beings of all times have undergone the same triumphs and tragedies, epic experiences and ordinary ones that we see every day in our own lives. And throughout the ages individuals of remarkable insight have recorded their hard-won wisdom so that it could be passed down to future generations. Which means we are not alone in difficult times, caught in […]
We do so much to stave off the dreaded state of boredom. And yet, as we know, every distraction we turn to eventually loses its glow and off we go seeking once more. We think maybe one more trip will do it. Or watching one more movie, eating one more pizza, playing one more video game. Trying to keep ourselves […]
Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement… get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed. Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907 – 1972)
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907 – 1972) was a Polish-American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. Heschel, a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, authored a number of widely read books on Jewish philosophy and was involved in the U.S. civil rights movement. Quotes by Abraham Joshua […]
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)
No matter how it may feel, no moment is the same as any other. Things are always changing around us. Some changes we like, some we don’t notice, and some we don’t like at all. Of course we’re open to the changes we like. Who isn’t open to a pleasant surprise! But when we don’t notice what’s happening around us, […]
Here we are once again in the middle of the holiday season, getting ready to welcome the New Year. Many of us, especially as we get older, wonder at how quickly the year has passed. It seems just yesterday we were putting up last year’s holiday decorations, and now we’re about to take down the ones from this year. Every […]
The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist. Novalis (1772 – 1801)
Everything in the universe goes through cycles, including human life on earth. And right now we human beings seem to be going through a cycle of pain, confusion, and lashing out at one another. On the large scale wars have broken out across the globe. On the smaller scale, everywhere we see people complaining, criticizing, and showing a lack of […]
