John O’Donohue
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Days 77-78: Blessings
The value of blessings Continue reading
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Days 326-328 – The Divine Embrace – Self-Compassion vs. Self-Pity
“We are all hurting. We are all scared. Pity wounds. Self-kindness heals. Water your soul with Beauty. Heal your heart with God’s Love. -Reverend Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 319-323 – Hidden Colors
“Caregivers study science to learn how to cure the body’s broken machinery. Healing caregivers study art to enhance their ability to bring the comfort of color to darkened hearts. Each time we uncover more of Beauty’s hidden hues we discover… Continue reading
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Days 306-307 – Trapped
The great thinker Schopenhauer believed that our lives personify longing. Recently, I felt a strange dose of this longing while trapped in the soul-killing world of a shopping mall. – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 292-294 – “Dark Beauty”
“Pain is always an expensive teacher. Why is it so hard for the rest of us to listen to what our agonies illuminate for us?” -Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 285-287 – Our Inner Companion
“Perhaps, this is what is most precious in our lives: to see and be seen, to love and be loved, to touch when we can, to quietly sense each other within each day.” -Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 247-248 “Our Secret Destiny”
“It is the traveler, not the travel, that leads to the discovery (or leaves hidden) our secret destiny. The discovery of our destiny turns not on the future, but on our willingness, right now, to find the courage to cross… Continue reading
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Days 205-207 – The Humility of Water
O’Donohue reminds us of the water “takes the shape of whatever otherness holds it.” As he tells us this is humility. – Reverend Erie Chapman Continue reading
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