Goodness Weekly 12.11.23
“We are not to throw away those things which can benefit our neighbor. Goods are called good because they can be used for good: they are instruments for good, in the hands of those who use them properly.”
-Clement of Alexandria
Goodness Weekly 12.04.23
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
–Mother Teresa
Goodness Weekly 11.27.23
“Abundance is a dance with reciprocity - what we can give, what we can share, and what we receive in the process.”
–Terry Tempest Williams
Goodness Weekly 11.06.23
“Happiness has a chance to grow when we see dandelions as flowers.”
–Kat Lehman
Goodness Weekly 10.30.23
“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting—over and over announcing your place in the family of things."
–Mary Oliver
Goodness Weekly 10.23.23
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.”
–Francis of Assisi
Goodness Weekly 10.16.23
“Light
Light
The visible reminder of Invisible Light.” - T.S. Eliot
Goodness Weekly 10.09.23
“There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.” ―Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968
Goodness Weekly 10.02.23
“Hurry is not a disordered schedule, it’s a disordered heart.”
-John Ortberg
Goodness Weekly 9.25.23
Quote: “It's gonna take much more
than ordinary love
To lift this up.”
–Eddie Vedder
Goodness Weekly 9.18.23
“How can we embrace rest and play if we’ve tied our self-worth to what we produce?” Brene Brown
Goodness Weekly 9.11.23
Quote: “How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and that one is what we are doing.”
—Annie Dillard
Goodness Weekly 9.04.23
“In rest, I have the time to discern between thoughts and feelings and desires. Having removed the urgency to act on any of them, I can simply listen to my soul.”
–Justin McRoberts
Goodness Weekly 8.28.23
“May you never discredit how far you’ve come.” - Morgan Harper Nichols
Goodness Weekly 8.21.23
“The purpose of life is to listen–to yourself, to your neighbor, to your world and to God and, when the time comes, to respond in as helpful a way as you can find ... from within and without.”
-Fred Rogers
Goodness Weekly 8.14.23
“There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.” -Dalai Lama XIV
Goodness Weekly 7.31.23
“Love can flow toward you in every moment…you might be experiencing this flow of love when you find yourself smiling at things for no apparent reason.” —Fr Richard Rohr