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Prayer is a relationship word; it can never be thought of in abstraction, isolated from others or from God. Unfortunately, we have reduced prayer to a private act, an occasion for selfish concern or complaint. Yet prayer is never exclusive or divisive; it is inclusive and caring. Authentic prayer is never self-serving or self-complacent; it involves a sense of compassion for all people and all creation.
— Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
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Thank God, men cannot as yet fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!
— Henry David Thoreau (via progressivefriends)
Reblogged from Progressive Friends
“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
~Terry Pratchett from A Hat Full of Sky.
Photo by Sioen Roux. (Taken with instagram)
Reblogged from On Being Blog
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