being time
“I sit on my favourite rock, looking over the brook, to take time >away from busyness, time to be. I’ve long since stopped feeling >guilty about taking being time; it’s something we all need for our >spiritual health, and often we don’t take enough of it.”
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“When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there >is no time for being there is no time for listening. I will never >understand the silent dying of the green pie-apple trees if I do not >slow down and listen to what the Spirit is telling me, telling me of >the death of trees, the death of planets, of people, and what all >these deaths mean in the light of love of the Creator, who brought >them all into being, who brought me into being, and you.”
Madeleine L’Engle – Walking On Water (Chapter 1)