Reframing the Familiar Literary Wisdom
Seymour once said that all we do our whole lives is go from one little piece of Holy Ground to the next. Is he never wrong?
― Buddy in Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction by J. D. Salinger
Posted by Frederic Brussat on September 10, 2021
What shall we make of this?
Posted by Frederic Brussat on September 3, 2021
Our Life Purpose
Posted by Frederic Brussat on August 27, 2021
Catholic Wisdom
Here, Now
God comes to visible expression
in each of us.
— Michael Moorwood in A Maryknoll Book of Inspiration
The Ritualized Life
Posted by Frederic Brussat on August 13, 2021
Catholic Wisdom
The rosary is a bodily prayer, a prayer of touch.
Our hands touch God when our fingers touch the beads.
— Christine Lore Weber in Praying the Body and Soul by Jane Vennard
Connections to Life
Posted by Frederic Brussat on August 6, 2021
Native American Wisdom
On receiving a letter, I often pause before opening it and ask that I will be open to the one sending it and to any message God might be addressing to me.
— Jose Hobday in Stories of Awe and Abundance
A Word to the Wise
Posted by Frederic Brussat on July 31, 2021
Spiritual Wisdom
Disease and healing are not just physiological processes. They are spiritual detonations.
— Marc Ian Barasch in The Healing Path
Life as Uncharted Territory
Posted by Frederic Brussat on July 23, 2021
Literary Wisdom
Life is uncharted territory.
It reveals its story one moment at a time.
— Leo Buscaglia, American author and motivational speaker
Finding Delight
Posted by Frederic Brussat on July 9, 2021
Jewish Wisdom
Blessings keep our awareness of life's holy potential ever present. They awaken us to our own lives. . . . With each blessing uttered, we extend the boundaries of the sacred and ritualize our love of life.
— Lawrence Kushner in The Book of Words
Carrying Others' Burdens
Posted by Frederic Brussat on June 18, 2021
Catholic Wisdom
If we all carry a little of the burden, it will be lightened. If we share in the suffering of the world, then some will not have to endure so heavy an
affliction.
— Dorothy Day in Dorothy Day: Selected Writings
Spiritual Progress
Posted by Frederic Brussat on June 4, 2021
Literary Wisdom
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars: you have a right to be here.
— Max Ehrmann, American writer and poet
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About This Blog
Within all the spiritual traditions, short and sweet wisdom abounds: from mantras and blessings to 12-step slogans and proverbs, and more. As philosopher George Santayana once said: "To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired." In this blog, I will take up the quest for small seeds of spiritual wisdom, which can be found everywhere if we keep our eyes and ears open. More