Thought for the Day

[. . .] Everybody makes mistakes, but you can't

keep asking people to forgive you again and again.[. . .]

Instead of a quick  apology, take the time and make 

the commitment to practice seeing the roots of your behavior. 

    ~ ThichNhat Hanh 

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Quoted from Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Love (Parallax Press, 2015), p. 107 

Thich Nhat Hanh a.k.a. Thay (1926-2022), Vietnamese Thien Buddhist Monk, Zen Master;  "Father of Mindfulness"; Peace Activist; Poet, Author, Teacher; Founder, Plum Village

 

Plum Village, First Monastic Community Founded by Thich Nhat Hanh; International Practice Center in Plum Village Tradition in Southwest France

 

A Cloud Never Dies, Biographical Documentary About Thich Nhat Hanh (Available on YouTube)

Thought for the Day

Once upon a time giants sculpted the sand, but now

it is us who are the giants. The question we must ask

now is how we use our power.

~ Boardwalk Notice, 

Parnidis Dune, Curonian Spit

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Quoted from Nick Hunt, "In the Wake of the Sandbound" (Essay) in Emergence Magazine, April 13, 2025; Online (Audio and Text Available). Hunt notes in his essay that the quote appears on a sign near the boardwalk where the sand dunes have been roped off. The Curonian Spit, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is part of two national parks shared by Lithuania and Russia.

 

Nick Hunt, Fiction and Nonfiction Writer, Novelist, Travel Book Author; Journalist; Editor; Mentor; Storyteller; Recipient, Royal Geographical Society Journey of a Lifetime Award; Contributor and Co-Director, Dark Mountain Project

 

Thought for the Day

[. . .] Religions, governments, corporations, and organizations are all

 highly capable of evil while not recognizing it as such, because it

 profits us for them to be immoral. Evil finds its almost perfect

camouflage in the silent agreements of the group

when it appears personally advantageous. [. . .]

~ Fr. Richard Rohr

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Quoted from Richard Rohr, "Contemplative Nonconformity | Islands of Sanity," Center for Action and Contemplation, Daily Meditations, March 30, 2025; Online

 

Fr. Richard Rohr, Franciscan Friar, Ecumenical Teacher, Internationally Recognized Spiritual Leader; Author; Founder, Center for Action and Contemplation 

Center for Action and Contemplation

Thought for the Day

We cannot love the earth 

without getting blood on our hands.

~ Danusha Lameris

 

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Quoted from Danusha Lameris, "The Cows of Love Creek" in Blade by Blade (Copper Canyon Press, 2024), p. 22

 

Danusha Lameris, American Poet; Faculty Member, Pacific University Low-Residency M.F.A. Program