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Ron Alexander's Blog – July 2009 Archive (8)

Highly Inspirational Book

If all of you have not read Left to Tell (Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust) by Immacule'e Ilibagiza - please get a copy soon - She has been sponsored by Wayne Dyer on his "Inspiration" Series. "This book is a precious addition to the literature that tries to make sense of humankind's bottomless depravity and counterbalancing hope in an all-powerful, Loving God." Publisher's Weekly

(I was looking for a book group on here but could not find one?)

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In the Silence of Listening

In the Silence of Listening
WORD FOR THE DAY (gratefulness.org)
Saturday, Jul. 18

In the silence of listening,
you can know yourself in everyone,
the unseen singing softly to itself
and to you.

Rachel Naomi Remen

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Yes to Belonging

Yes to Belonging
WORD FOR THE DAY (gratefulness.org)
Wednesday, Jul. 15

We shall find "yes" to
belonging in every form
love takes.

David Steindl-Rast
Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer

Added by Ron Alexander on July 15, 2009 at 9:21pm — No Comments

The Heart of Prayer

WORD FOR THE DAY
Tuesday, Jul. 14 (gratefulness.org)

What is real prayer? Praise to God.
And the meaning of praise? Appreciating;
thus opening the heart more and more
to the divine beauty one sees in manifestation.

Pir-O-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan
Bowl of Saki

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A Great Reason to be Grateful and Compassionate

Gratitude - Another reason to be grateful for everything
WORD FOR THE DAY
Monday, Jul. 13 (gratefulness.org)

Every time you express gratitude
or compassion for any aspect of
yourself or someone else,
you breathe life in.

Mariah Fenton Gladis
Tales of a Wounded Healer

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Breaking waves, whisperings of grasses, the shimmering of leaves

WORD FOR THE DAY
Friday, Jul. 10(gratefulness.org)

The world is holy. We are holy.
All life is holy. Daily prayers
are delivered on the lips
of breaking waves,
the whisperings of grasses,
the shimmering of leaves.

Terry Tempest Williams
from Talking to God: Portrait of a World at Prayer (anthology)

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Joy and you shall form an invincible host

WORD FOR THE DAY
Tuesday, Jul. 7 (gratefulness.org)

Your success and happiness lie in you...
Resolve to keep happy, and your joy
and you shall form an invincible host
against difficulties.

Helen Keller

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Maslow's "Capacity to Appreciate"

WORD FOR THE DAY
Friday, Jul. 3 (gratefulness.org)

Some people have a wonderful capacity to appreciate
again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods
of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy.

Abraham H. Maslow

Added by Ron Alexander on July 3, 2009 at 10:14am — No Comments