If we shut our hearts to the pain of the world our celebrations become superficial.

If we let that pain overwhelm our hope, we are lost in the dark.

Tears in which pain and joy flow together do justice to life in its fullness.

~Dr. David Steindl Rast

from the simplicity of care…

inquiry for today~ tell us how to love….

where we find kindness….

In the end, maybe it’s wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity

and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.

~Elizabeth Gilbert