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Category Archives: Beauty

Trust Me, You Are

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

In the mythic prelapsarian world there was no need for fig leaves other than by figs. There was no such thing as an unforgiving mirror but only the pure, exalting reflection off the still waters of Paradise Pond. The paradisaical lexicon of human Read more [...]

Posted in Beauty | Tagged Appreciation, Beautiful, Beholding, Being Seen, Blindness, God, Heart, Paradise, The Little Prince, Vision | 1 Reply

Help Us to See

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Days pass and the years vanish and we walk sightless among miracles. [You] fill our eyes with seeing and our minds with knowing. Let there be moments when your Presence, like lightning, illumines the darkness in which we walk. Help us to see, wherever Read more [...]

Posted in Beauty | Tagged Appreciation, Awareness, Awe, Beauty, Contemplative Seeing, Gratefulness, Rachel Naomi Remen, Seeing, Wonder | Leave a reply

Sister Mahala on Defending the Faith, Blackberry Bushes, and Other Murmurations

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

A rather zealous young man asked Sister Mahala, “What is the best way to defend the faith?” “To defend the faith or to defend yourself?” said Sister Mahala. The young man blushed, then replied, “To defend the faith.” Sister Mahala said, Read more [...]

Posted in Beauty | Tagged Beauty, Birds, Faith, Murmuration, Sister Mahala, Wise Sayings | Leave a reply

Life-Line

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Finding beauty in a broken world is creating beauty in the world we find. ~ Terry Tempest Williams Read more [...]

Posted in Beauty | Tagged Beauty, Brokenness, Creativity, Terry Tempest Williams, World | Leave a reply

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