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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Frederick Buechner's Quote of the Day - July 5, 2016

LIFE - the temptation is always to reduce it to size. A bowl of cherries. A rat race. Amino acids. Even to call it a mystery smacks of reductionism. It is the mystery.
As far as anybody seems to know, the vast majority of things inthe universe do not have whatever life is. Sticks, stones, stars, space - they simplyare. A few thingsareand are somehow alive to it. They have broken through into Something, or Something has broken through into them. Even a jellyfish, a butternut squash. They're in it with us. We're all in it together, or it in us. Read more.
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  1. UnknownJuly 15, 2016 at 1:38 AM

    Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching. See the link below for more info.

    #Integrity
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