Protestant Wisdom

Love alone is what shows you the face of God. It's what offers you a home in the universe. It's what makes the stars shine,
-- Belden C. Lane, Presbyterian minister and writer on the spirituality of place

Jewish Wisdom

You can find some wisdom even in debauchery and foolishness.
-- Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, Hasidic spiritual master

Song

Yes, you must leave everything you cannot control
It begins with your family, but soon it comes around to your soul
-- "Sisters of Mercy" by Leonard Cohen

Psychological Wisdom

When I read something that rings true and goes straight to my heart, that aha! feeling comes. I know that I am in the presence of something greater than I am.
-- Alice O. Howell The Web in the Sea

Proverb

Lose an hour in the morning,
chase it all day.
--Yiddish Proverb

Spiritual Wisdom

Enlightenment means choosing to dwell in the state of presence rather than time. It means saying yes to what is.
— Eckhart Tolle in The Power of Now

Question

How would your day change if you conscientiously sought to make the little things count?


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