What we individually deserve isn’t as much as what we collectively merit. –C. J. Cherryh
What She Said, December 9: C. J. Cherryh
A Visit from St. Covid?
It was the night before Xmas, and somewhere around here
I sat alone with a drink, you know, holiday cheer.
What She Said, December 8: Julian May
Some creatures survive, some become extinct. But no matter how great the ecological disaster, the paradox called life keeps on defying entropy and trying to perfect itself. Hard times just seem to help evolution. –Julian May
What She Said, December 7: Mercedes Lackey
The people who keep coping, keep trying, no matter how many blows fate takes at them. Nobody’ll make a song about them, but they’re heroes all the same. –Mercedes Lackey
What She Said, December 6: St. Teresa of Avila
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
-St. Teresa of Avila
What She Said, December 5: Maria Shriver
What isn’t ever an illusion is love. Love is what we can count on. Love is what heals fear. Love is what calms anxious hearts and bodies and minds. Love is a gift each of us has to offer our fellow human beings -Maria Shriver
What She Said, December 4: Anne Lamott
Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.
-Anne Lamott
What She Said, December 3: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Earth’s crammed with heaven And every common bush afire with God
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
What She Said, December 2: Byron Katie
I am a lover of what is, not because I’m a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality. -Byron Katie
What She Said, December 1: Krista Tippett
I can disagree with your opinion, it turns out, but I can’t disagree with your experience. And once I have a sense of your experience, you and I are in relationship…
– Krista Tippett
The Gloria Sirens 