“Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.”
- Sarah Ban Breathnach
A blog for posting Light Moment daily emails from Chaplain Lavender Kelley at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
“Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.”
- Sarah Ban Breathnach
“Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.”
- St. Francis de Sales
“We are not here on earth to see through each other, we are here to see each other through.”
~ Unknown
“We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.”
~ Virginia Satir
“Sometimes all it takes to make a difference in your community is to be the person who is willing to try.”
~ Becca Robison
“You are much deeper, much broader, much brighter than any idea you could have of yourself.”
~ Harry Palmer
“We cannot solve the problems we have created with the same thinking that created them.”
~ Albert Einstein
“It is not important how we come to the events in our lives...what is important is how we deal with those events.”
~ Troy Evans
“Without love we could not survive. Human beings are social creatures, and a concern for each other is the very basis of our life together.”
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama
“We may not be able to give much but we can always give the joy that springs in a heart that is in love with God.”
- Mother Teresa
“Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It's very simple. In the first place by realizing clearly that all mankind is one, that human beings in every country are members of one and the same family.”
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama