#gerald grow

[dk-thrive]

So attend wholly to the one thing before you. And the radiance of the entire universe will dwell in that one small thing.

— Gerald Grow, The Art of Living: A Guide to the Contented Life (Schiffer Publishing, June 28 1996) (via Alive on All Channels)

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Mariela Naplatanova

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"Then he showed me a small thing, the size of a hazelnut, nestled in the palm of my hand. It was round as a ball. I looked at it with the eyes of my understanding and thought, 'What can this be?' And the answer came to me: 'It is all that is created.' I was amazed that it could continue to exist. It seemed to me to be so little that it was on the verge of dissolving into nothingness. And then these words entered my understanding: 'It lasts and will last forever because God loves it. Everything that is has its being through the love of God.'"

~ Julian of Norwich (1342 – 1416)

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"So attend wholly to the one thing before you. And the radiance of the entire universe will dwell in that one small thing."

~ Gerald Grow

[thanks Ian Sanders]

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

"So attend wholly to the one thing before you. And the radiance of the entire universe will dwell in that one small thing."

~ Gerald Grow

[cjjasp]

My Writing Toolbox

Apparently, I think visually. Actually, I come from a family who, while we are quite verbal, all tend to think visually.

We are musicians, artists, engineers and authors. These are occupations where we create images and think in terms of a whole picture.

I recently read an article, written by Gerald Grow of the School of Journalism at Florida A&M Universityin Tallahassee. I was intrigued by his…

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[frumpkinspice]

"The same science that reveals to us the vastness of the universe also tells us another story: Astronomers explain that all the elements heavier than hydrogen originated inside stars. The carbon in the ink on a page, and the silicon in glass and microchips, were created in the heart of a star, long ago, as that star shined by fusing hydrogen. The iron that carries the oxygen in your blood as you read this, was created when a star, in its dying phase, exploded. 

You and I are not merely separated from the galaxies by unimaginable immensities of space; we are also connected to them by unimaginable immensities of time. We are literally made from stars. We are their descendants. The only difference between us and stars is time."   ♥

(Gerald Grow, http://newsroom101.com/longleaf/ggrow/Stars.html)