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Dawdling with St Francis, near Assisi: - "chi va piano, va sano e lontano"

Friday, 13 February 2015

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"Take time to celebrate
the quiet miracles that seek
no attention."
— John O’Donohue

"this isn't a contest
but the doorway into thanks,

and a silence
in which another voice may speak."

from "Praying"
- a poem by Mary Oliver

Kiwi Nomad: Taranaki-born, long-time Manawatu resident and primary teacher; inveterate traveler, Camino walker, occasional cyclist, lover of sea and bush walks; getting into genealogy more; collapsed catholic; lapsed musician looking forward to doing more again in retirement

" Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass… It’s about learning to dance in the rain."
~ Vivian Greene

We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand, and melting like a snowflake. ~Sir Francis Bacon

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