solid like a rock

prayer is nothing
but friendly intercourse
and frequent solitary converse
with Him
 Who we know loves us

   - theresa of avila  (doctor of the church )






















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another way of knowing

It's when we face for a moment the worst our kind can do,
and shudder to know the taint in our own selves,
that awe cracks the mind's shell
 and enters the heart.

    -denise levertov

human perception properly placed

"  [    ]..., there are real things out there
 whose characters are independent
of our opinion of them."

  -Charles Sanders Peirce

Dree-ee-ee-ee-eam dream dream dream

Manifesto of Surrealism: The mere word "freedom" is the only one that still excites me. I deem it capable of indefinitely sustaining the old human fanaticism. It doubtless satisfies my only legitimate aspiration. Among all the many misfortunes to which we are heir, it is only fair to admit that we are allowed the greatest degree of freedom of thought. It is up to us not to misue it. To reduce the imagination to a state of slavery- even though it would mean the elimination of what is commonly called happiness- is to betray all sense of absolute justice within oneself. Imagination alone offers me some intimation of what can be, and this is enough to remove to some slight degree the terrible injunction...

Andre Breton

ya win some you lose some

"I'm fighting
so I can die a martyr
 and go to heaven
to meet God.
 Our fight
now
  is against the Americans."

 - Osama bin Laden

bottom line

I have been all things unholy.
If God can work through me,
he can work through anyone.

Francis of Assisi

where fools tread

“Have confidence
in the Providence
that
 so far has never
 failed us.
The way
is not yet clear.
Grope along slowly.
Do not press matters;
be patient,
be trustful.”

   -st. mother theodora guerin  (+1856)