Buddhist Wisdom

Ancient trees, water, and wind join my hand
to bring light to this moment.
— Barbara Kipfer in 201 Little Buddhist Reminders

Jewish Wisdom

We are all here for a single purpose: To grow in wisdom and to learn to love better. We can do this through losing as well as through winning, by having and by not having, by succeeding or by failing. All we need to do is to show up open-hearted for class.
— Rachel Naomi Remen in Kitchen Table Wisdom

Catholic Wisdom

The coyote howling in the night calls for God and so does the hooting owl. . . . All creation calls God, in all of its many languages.
— Ernesto Cardenal in Abide in Love

Protestant Wisdom

Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
— Dale Turner, Protestant minister and columnist

Literary Wisdom

Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don't.
— Rebecca Solnit, American writer and historian

Wise Advice

The universe has a matching grant program,
but we have to make the jump, and there are no guarantees.
— Dorothy Fadiman, American documentary filmmaker

Prayer

Thank you for our opportunities to make things right …
We pray this in your many names
May it be so!
— Charles Glaser in Prayers for the New Social Awakening by Christian Iosso and Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty


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