God is at the tip of our scalpels, our screwdrivers, our computer terminals, our dust rags, our vacuum cleaners, our pencils and pens. He is with us in our wheelchairs, or on our hospital beds, when all we can do is sit or lie flat. When we envision Him and His purpose in what we do, then we begin to grow aware of His presence in the middle of it. We are able to engage in our inward conversation with Him as we work, naturally, without strain. He becomes our partner, our collaborator.
The monk at St. Meinrad took his hands and placed them on my shoulders, peered straight into my eyes and said, ‘I hope you’ll hear what I’m about to … - Sue Monk Kidd
The monk at St. Meinrad took his hands and placed them on my shoulders, peered straight into my eyes and said, ‘I hope you’ll hear what I’m about to …
- Sue Monk Kidd
When you can't go forward, and you can't go backward, and you can't stay where you are without killing off something deep and vital in yourself, you … - Sue Monk Kidd
When you can't go forward, and you can't go backward, and you can't stay where you are without killing off something deep and vital in yourself, you …
You forgive what you can, when you can. That's all you can do.To forgive does not mean overlooking the offense and pretending it never happened. Forg… - Sue Monk Kidd
You forgive what you can, when you can. That's all you can do.To forgive does not mean overlooking the offense and pretending it never happened. Forg…
You create a path of your own by looking within yourself and listening to your soul, cultivating your own ways of experiencing the sacred and then pr… - Sue Monk Kidd
You create a path of your own by looking within yourself and listening to your soul, cultivating your own ways of experiencing the sacred and then pr…
If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you. - Sue Monk Kidd
If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.
That's the sacred intent of life, of God--to move us continuously toward growth, toward recovering all that is lost and orphaned within us and restor… - Sue Monk Kidd
That's the sacred intent of life, of God--to move us continuously toward growth, toward recovering all that is lost and orphaned within us and restor…
I found that I could not climb my way up to God in a blaze of doing and performing. Rather, I had to descend into the depths of myself and find God t… - Sue Monk Kidd
I found that I could not climb my way up to God in a blaze of doing and performing. Rather, I had to descend into the depths of myself and find God t…
What has happened to our ability to dwell in the unknowing, to live inside a question and coexist with the tensions of uncertainty? Where is our will… - Sue Monk Kidd
What has happened to our ability to dwell in the unknowing, to live inside a question and coexist with the tensions of uncertainty? Where is our will…
All my life I've thought I needed someone to complete me, now I know I need to belong to myself. - Sue Monk Kidd
All my life I've thought I needed someone to complete me, now I know I need to belong to myself.
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