121 Quotes About Communion

Every day, I crave loving communion with this planet. I speak with her.I listen to her. I touch her.I soften against her touch.I celebrate her.I hand over my visions and my dreams, and I trust in hers. I pray for balance and for healing; for her; for us—one and the same.

Q: Why do I love thee, O Night?A: Because you know I will never answer.

Our daily prayer ought to be: Please universe, help me help myself and help me show others how to help themselves.

But you, O God, are worth a trillion hassles and I will not give up!!Your strength is my strength. Help me, even if the whole world is against me, you will never abandon me. I will accomplish my purpose as long as I'm breathing. Take my right hand and comfort me.

Welcoming, openness, is the nature of life.

When it was time for me to leave, I thanked Mrs. Odom, climbed on Lenny’s bike, and set off for home. As I pedaled up the road, I turned and glanced back at the Odoms’ house. I remembered that first day on the school bus when I had seen it and thought it was so sad-looking. Then I pictured all those boys in that little kitchen getting loved on by their mama and that house didn’t look one bit sad anymore.

If you don’t understand, please keep your mouth shut and just live with all sentient beings in peace and harmony beyond your intellectual speculation. It’s not necessary to think how much that helps people or how many people it helps. All you have to do is be peaceful with people right now, right here, day by day.

The beauty of being human is the capacity and desire for intimacy. Yet we know that even those who are most intimate remain strange to us. Like children, we often “make strange” with each other.

The measure of your solitude is the measure of your capacity for communion.