http://beyond7.net/blog Sun, 10 May 2009 07:56:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 'The impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned, is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.' Annie Dillard http://beyond7.net/blog/?p=18 Don’t be fooled by me. Don’t be fooled by the face I wear for I wear a mask. I wear a thousand masks- masks that I’m afraid to take off and none of them are me. Pretending is an art that’s second nature with me But don’t be fooled, for God’s sake, don’t be fooled. I give ... http://beyond7.net/blog/?p=17 ...Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we ... http://beyond7.net/blog/?p=16 "To relinquish the hold that the past has on us requires a conscious choice and, paradoxically, requires no strength, only courage. It necessarily involves forgiveness, not just of those that have hurt us, but also of ourselves, for the myriad mistakes, shortcomings and wasted opportunities that mark our lives" "Forgiveness and ... http://beyond7.net/blog/?p=15 'Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it ... http://beyond7.net/blog/?p=14 Henri Nouwen was a Dutch priest, author, and spiritual thinker. He had an unusual capacity to write about the life of Jesus and the love of God in ways that have inspired countless people to trust God more fully. Here are some quotes from his many works that I have ... http://beyond7.net/blog/?p=13 'The need to be heard, which is often something we take for granted, turns out to be one of the most powerful motive forces in human nature. Being listened to is the the medium through which we discover ourselves as understandable and acceptable, or not.' Michael P. Nichols 'The Lost ... http://beyond7.net/blog/?p=12 ‘Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond imagination. It is our light more than our darkness which scares us. We ask ourselves – who are we to be brilliant, beautiful, talented, and fabulous. But honestly, who are you to ... http://beyond7.net/blog/?p=8 For too long we have been dreaming a dream from which we are now waking up: the dream that if we just improve the socioeconomic situation of people, everything will be okay, people will become happy. The truth is that as the struggle for survival has subsided, the question has ... http://beyond7.net/blog/?p=7 'And we must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomolies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorise our days, are here for a much larger and nobler cause. They are here to save our lives. I know the idea seems strange, but I also know that ... http://beyond7.net/blog/?p=6