“Folks, I'm telling you,
birthing is hard
and dying is mean-
so get yourself
a little loving
in between.”
―
birthing is hard
and dying is mean-
so get yourself
a little loving
in between.”
―
“Dear God,
I am so afraid to open my clenched fists!
Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to?
Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands?
Please help me to gradually open my hands
and to discover that I am not what I own,
but what you want to give me.”
― The Only Necessary Thing: Living a Prayerful Life
I am so afraid to open my clenched fists!
Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to?
Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands?
Please help me to gradually open my hands
and to discover that I am not what I own,
but what you want to give me.”
― The Only Necessary Thing: Living a Prayerful Life
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”
― Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
― Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
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