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I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.

~ Phyllis Theroux

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There is a grace in life that can be trusted

Rachel Naomi Remen | June 2015 (Vol. XXVII, No. 6)

There is a grace in life that can be trusted. In our struggle toward freedom we are neither abandoned nor alone.

~ from MY GRANDFATHER’S BLESSINGS by Rachel Naomi Remen

The mystery of grace

Anne Lamott | June 2015 (Vol. XXVII, No. 6)

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

~ Anne Lamott

I want to leave enough room in my heart for the unexpected

Carrie Newcomer | June 2015 (Vol. XXVII, No. 6)

I want to leave enough room in my heart
For the unexpected,
For the mistake that becomes knowing,
For knowing that becomes wonder,
For wonder that makes everything porous,
Allowing in and out
All available light...

So I will stay open
And companionably friendly,
With all that presses out from the heart
And comes in at a slant
And shimmers just below
The surface of things.

~ Carrie Newcomer in A PERMEABLE LIFE

Illuminating the soul with a deep awareness

Diodicus | June 2015 (Vol. XXVII, No. 6)

Usually grace beings by illuminating the soul with a deep awareness, with its own light.

~ Diodicus, 5th c.

The gift of well-being

J. Philip Newell | June 2015 (Vol. XXVII, No. 6)

Nature and grace are viewed as flowing together from God. They are both sacred gifts. The gift of nature ... is the gift of "being"; the gift of grace, on the other hand, is the gift of "well-being." Grace is given to reconnect us to our true nature.

~ from CHRIST OF THE CELTS by J. Philip Newell

Grace is the breath of God

Caroline Myss | June 2015 (Vol. XXVII, No. 6)

Grace is the breath of God, a divine force that moves through us, within us, and around us. Grace holds the potential to heal our souls, our minds, and our hearts, as well as the dynamics within relationships and other life circumstances. We are natural channels of grace. The monasteries that are dedicated to prayer for the world and the people in them are continual channels for grace in this world. These individuals know that while they are in that state of prayer, grace can flow through them and into the world at large.

~ Caroline Myss

Flood with divine creativity

Marcus Borg | June 2015 (Vol. XXVII, No. 6)

Reality is permeated, indeed flooded, with divine creativity, nourishment, and care.

~ from CONFLICT, HOLINESS, AND POLITICS by Marcus Borg

Grace is not a thing to come to you

Swami Ramdas | June 2015 (Vol. XXVII, No. 6)

Grace is not a thing to come to you. It is ever showering on you. You have only to be conscious of it. May God grant you this faith and this consciousness.

~ Swami Ramdas