“If life is really for the living, then the trick to living well is to learn to live it fully, to soak it up, to revel in it.” IfsWellsLife IsTricksLive Well Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Life is not meant to be a burden. Life is not a problem to be solved. It is a blessing to be celebrated.” ProblemLife IsBlessingBurdenMeant To Be Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Awareness of the sacred in life is what holds our world together, and the lack of awareness of the sacred is what is tearing it apart.” WorldTogetherLife IsAwarenessSacredOur World Author:Joan D. Chittister
“The secret of life is to let every segment of it produce its own yield at its own pace. Every period has something new to teach us. The harvest of youth is achievement; the harvest of middle-age is perspective; the harvest of age is wisdom; the harvest of life is serenity.” AgeLife IsSecretTeachMiddleYouthProducePerspectivePeriodsAchievementMaturitySomething NewYieldPaceSerenityPhasesHarvestMiddle AgesSecret LifeAspects Of LifeDifferent Walks Of Life Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Life is a thing of many stages and moving parts. What we do with ease at one time of life we can hardly manage at another. What we could not fathom doing when we were young, we find great joy in when we are old. Like the seasons through which we move, life itself is a never-ending series of harvests, a different fruit for every time.” DifferentMovingYoungLife IsJoyStageSeasonsSeriesFruitManageEaseOne TimeHarvestNever EndingFathomGreat JoyMoving Parts Author:Joan D. Chittister
“The spiritual task of life is to feed hope. Hope is not something to be found outside of us. It lies in the spiritual life we cultivate within. The whole purpose of wrestling with life is to be transformed into the self we are meant to become, to step out of the confines of our false securities and allow our creating God to go on creating. In us.” SelfWholeSpiritualLife IsLyingPurposeFoundStepsSecurityGoes OnCreatingTasksMeant To BeWrestlingSpiritual LifeTransformed Author:Joan D. Chittister
“To be a presence of perpetual thanksgiving may be the ultimate goal of life. The thankful person is the one for whom life is simply one long exercise in the sacred.” MayPersonsLongLife IsGoalExerciseUltimateSacredPerpetualLife GoalUltimate Goal Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Spirituality without a prayer life is no spirituality at all, and it will not last beyond the first defeats. Prayer is an opening of the self so that the Word of God can break in and make us new. Prayer unmasks. Prayer converts. Prayer impels. Prayer sustains us on the way. Pray for the grace it will take to continue what you would like to quit.” WayFirstsSelfLastsLife IsSpiritualityPrayerBreakGracePrayingDefeatQuittingOpeningWord Of GodPrayer Life Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Our role in life is to bring the light of our own souls to the dim places around us.” SoulLightLife IsRolesRoles In Life Author:Joan D. Chittister
“I do not believe that just because you're opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don't? Because you don't want any tax money to go there. That's not pro-life. That's pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is.” IfsThinkingWantNeedsBelieveChildrenFactsLife IsBornCasesBirthMoralityConversationTaxesEducatedAbortionFedsLackingNunPro LifeAnti AbortionPro AbortionCatholic Pro Life Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Just when summer gets perfect-fresh nights, soft sun, casual breezes, crushingly full and quietly cooling trees, empty beaches, and free weekends- it ends. Life is like that too. Just when we get it right, it starts to change. The job gets easy and we know just how to do it, and they tell us we're retired. The children grow up and get reasonable and they leave home, just when it's nice to have them around. . . . That's life on the edge of autumn. And that's beautiful-if we have the humility for it.” IfsKnowsLifeChildrenEndsHomeJobsBeautifulLife IsNightGrowsEasyPerfectSunGrowing UpNiceTreeHumilitySummerEmptyEdgesBeachReasonableAutumnWeekendBreezeRetiredCasualLife Is LikeCoolingLife On The Edge Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Life is a series of lessons, some of them obvious, some of them not. We learn as we go that dreams end, that plans get changed, that promises get broken, that our idols disappoint us.” LifeEndsDreamLife IsPlansChangedBrokenPromiseLessonsSeriesObviousIdolsDisappoint Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Assuming that tomorrow will be the same as today is poor preparation for living. It equips us only for disappointment or, more likely, for shock. To live well, to be mentally healthy, we must learn to realize that life is a work in process.” WellsTodayLife IsProcessRealizingPoorTomorrowHealthyAssumingDisappointmentPreparationShockLive Well Author:Joan D. Chittister
“We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is” NeedsLife IsMoralityConversationNunPro LifeAnti AbortionPro AbortionCatholic Pro Life Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Life is an exercise in the development of feeling. When we repress feelings, we become sour and judgmental. When we live awash in great feeling over small things, we become jaded long before we have even begun to enjoy. When feelings are in balance they sweeten long days and great distances with gratitude and hope.” LongFeelingsLife IsEnjoyDevelopmentBalanceExerciseGratitudeDistanceSmall ThingsJudgmentalSourJadedGreat FeelingsLong Day Author:Joan D. Chittister
