IDLE THOUGHTS, FAVORITE QUOTES

Prayer is not the avoidance of distractions, but precisely how you deal with distractions. Contemplation is not the avoidance of the problem, but a daily merging with the problem, and finding its full resolution. It is a way 'to look over (our) shoulder' for God. -- 'The Cloud of Unknowing,' author anonymous

We are healed of suffering only by experiencing it to the full. -- Marcel Proust

God’s my rock, my sword, my shield, my lily of the valley, my pearl of great price. . .Sister Thea Bowman

If the only prayer you pray in your life is thank you, that would suffice. -- Meister Eckhart

We must go beyond reason to love. -- Thaddeus Golas, Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment   

Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you must ask to attend to them. -- Dag Hammarskjold

Fear not being thrown into the lion's den for the lion in the den is Aslan. -- personal blinding flash of the obvious  

When a proud man hears another praised, he thinks himself injured. -- English proverb

If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate. -- Nikka, age 6

Thank you.