“will see how we arrived at our present developmental level of personal consciousness”
― The Grace in Dying: A Message of Hope, Comfort and Spiritual Transformation
― The Grace in Dying: A Message of Hope, Comfort and Spiritual Transformation
“With a wispier sense of self and growing courage and longing, we remain surrendered. This movement allows us to ripen every positive potentiality, our buddhaseed, our Christ consciousness, in transcendence. Here, as Martin Laird, a contemporary Christian contemplative, puts it, is “not the loss of identity but its flowering.”
― The Grace in Aging: Awaken as You Grow Older
― The Grace in Aging: Awaken as You Grow Older
“No, of course I don’t. You two were crazy about each other. She was hearing the voices that killed her when she was a little girl. John Hardin hears those same voices. There’s a kind of songbird too pretty to fly with the crows and the starlings. The other birds attack it in flocks and tear it apart when it starts to sing. Nothing soft endures. Nature loathes meekness and goodness. Shyla got hurt early and deep. You kept her from the bridge as long as you could, son.”
― Beach Music
― Beach Music
“Having faith does not mean you do not need to mourn. Having faith does mean having the courage to allow yourself to mourn!”
― Understanding Your Suicide Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart
― Understanding Your Suicide Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart
“Time passing,” Jordan said, his eyes casting upward toward the stars. “It’s the big surprise in life. It might be the only one.”
― Beach Music
― Beach Music
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