Rev. Danny Fisher is my blogging inspiration, and I always appreciate the great quotes he puts up on his site. So, riffing off of Danny, introducing a new feature: quote of the week!
This is one of my favorites from Joanna Macy, Buddhist scholar and activist, and author of a number of books including World as Love, World as Self, and Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World.
“It is my experience that the world itself has a role to play in our liberation. Its very pressures, pains, and risks can wake us up–release us from the bonds of ego and guide us home to our vast true nature.”