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"I pray because I am searching, and I know there is One who knows how to be found. And I have no need to search far because the love He has for me has thrust Him very near." Carlo Carretto
Browsing All Posts published on »August, 2010«
Peace beyond understanding
“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord; and our heart is restless until it rests in thee.” St. Augustine There are days when I feel very restless, I spend a lot of time it seems pacing back and forth in my apartment, with no idea what to do. I wander aimlessly from the living […]
Understanding…
August 20, 2010
“Dad says I’ll understand when i grow up. He tells me that all the time now and I want to be big like him so that I can understand everything. It must be lovely to wake up in the morning and understand everything. I wish I could be like all the big people in the […]
Hope or Despair
August 17, 2010
“[T]he distinguishing characteristic of absolute despair is silence. There is a world of difference between the person who, believing that there is now use, says so to himself or to no one, and the person who says it aloud to someone else. A person who marks his trail into despair remembers hope – and thus […]
Take this sabbath day (8/15/10)
August 15, 2010
“Being still and doing nothing are two completely different things.” Mr. Han “Karate Kid (2010)” Today has been a pretty quiet Sunday. I haven’t had a lot to do and though I don’t relish sitting at home all day, sometimes it can be nice. My freind Reaksa came over and we hung out and watched […]
“Everything does not happen for a reason”
August 12, 2010
“A wise man from my home once old me that these mountains have seen far too much suffering and killing, and that each rock and every boulder you see represents a mujahadeen who died fighting either the Russians or the Taliban. Then the man went on to say that now that the fighting is finished, […]
Revelation
August 11, 2010
“It started out as a feeling Which then grew into a hope Which then turned into a quiet thought Which then turned into a quiet word And then that word grew louder and louder ‘Til it was a battle cry” – Lyrics from The Call by Regina Spektor I have been thinking about revelation, no not […]
Dinner with family
August 7, 2010
“We are the agents of the Creative Spirit in this world. Real advance in the spiritual life, then, means accepting this vocation with all it involves. Not merely turning over the pages of an engineering magazine and enjoying the pictures, but putting on the overalls and getting on with the job. The real spiritual life […]
A Return to Community
August 4, 2010
“I dont know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.” – Albert Schweitzer Last night was one of those night. I found it difficult to turn off my brain. I am […]
Bad Work vs. Good Work
August 2, 2010
” There is the bad work of pride. There is also the bad work of despair – done poorly out of the failure of hope or vision.Despair is the too little of responsibility, as pride the too much. The shoddy work of despair, the pointless work of pride, equally betray Creation. They are wastes of […]
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