Tag Archives: wisdom

Count The Cost

Posted on January 29, 2018 by anyushka

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run. H.D. Thoreau

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A Wise Alternation of Activity and Rest

Posted on July 28, 2016 by anyushka

Originally posted on Richer By Far:
“Oh rest beside the weary road, and hear the angels sing.” Edmund Hamilton Sears “The fact that our being necessarily demands to be expressed in action should not lead us to believe that as…

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Desiderata

Posted on August 20, 2015 by anyushka

I found this on the wall of St Mary’s Church in Ambleside, in their Wordsworth chapel. Which first led me to wonder whether he wrote it! Actually, the text has been attributed to various sources, but the general consensus seems … Continue reading →

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Resting For God

Posted on April 22, 2015 by anyushka

“It is our best work that he wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion.” (George MacDonald) “Sabbath honours the necessary wisdom of dormancy. If certain plant species, for example, do not lie dormant for winter, they will not bear fruit … Continue reading →

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Give Me a Pathless Place To Wait

Posted on December 14, 2014 by anyushka

“… waiting for clarity of call, waiting until God shows us the next right step, waiting for the Spirit to go ahead of us to light the way. When it’s not clear to us what is invited, we wait, watch … Continue reading →

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Daily Riches: The Knowledge That Transcends Learning (Donald McCullough, Thomas Aquinas and G. K. Chesterton) *

Posted on October 23, 2014 by anyushka

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“Some things–perhaps the most important–cannot be grasped, regardless of the reach of one’s intellectual prowess. They can only be received. There is a knowledge that cannot be gained by thinking or reasoning or deducing…

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Love and Truth – Advice from Friends

Posted on February 15, 2014 by anyushka

I’m currently reading the “Advices & Queries” of the Yearly Meeting of the Quakers in Britain. I very much wish to quote a few sentences that resonated deeply in me: 1. Treasure your experience of God, however it comes to … Continue reading →

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