Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Every day you shall wonder at the richness of life (Isabel Allende / Phillips Brooks)


We don’t even know how strong we are 
until we are forced to bring
that hidden strength forward.
 In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity,
people do amazing things.
The human capacity for survival 
and renewal is amazing.

 --Isabel Allende 

    O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger [people]! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks! Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God. 

--Phillips Brooks,
“Going Up to Jerusalem,”
Twenty Sermons
 

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