Once we get the human part down, “stop slamming doors” and start loving rocks…
Get the ordinary human thing down, and you will have all the spirituality that you can handle.
– Richard Rohr, Adapted from Contemplation in Action
Notes: Quote – Thank you Beth @ Alive on All Channels. Photo: “Isaac” by Natalya Karavay
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You have hit the nail on the head. Love this one. :o)
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mere mortals, all –
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We are.
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The ordinariness of our humanity…which is so incredibly extraordinary
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Yes.
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I’ll get the Sunday morning paper, you make the coffee…
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Done.
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“And start loving rocks.”
Wow…
Very interesting choice of image to pair, not a woman!
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You don’t miss anything. 🙂
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Women learned to love rocks centuries ago!
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Laughing. You aren’t inferring men are rocks are you?
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OMG, No!
I loved Oliver’s poem here. I haven’t seen it before.
I was surprised with your rare choice of photo to pair with it.
I have encountered an equal amount of men and women that are rocks.
Also, Mr., Oliver didn’t mean men when she wrote “and start loving rocks.”
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Smiling.
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This is not a Mary Oliver poem loool!
Why didn’t you say something?
Letting me go on and on…
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1) you are on vacation and didn’t want to ruin your mojo 2) you were on roll. 3)I wanted to see how far it would go.
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You’re mean to me!
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by this point, brilliant lady like you, should have picked up my core strength (sarcasm)
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Stealth sarcasm, this is no average sarcasm.
I deserved this one.
Watch your back and be on the look out for my core strength!
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Ha. Let’s see what you got.
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I’ve always been a rock hound…I gather many rocks this summer in Montana…I was lucky that one of the neighbor men, when I was a girl was a geologist for the state…he supplemented my rock collection, nicely…and some other neighbor’s were redecorating their living room, including re facing their fireplace and hearth with gorgeous pink and veined marble, quarried from Italy…of course they gave me a nice piece…I love gifts of leftovers 🙂 /// rock climbing is interesting to watch, I bet those that climb do reach a spiritual uplifting..once in Yosemite National Park we watched some climbers going up Half Dome…The beauty of the rocks in Canyonland’s NP and Arches NP are so colorful and the formations, stunning…the basalt cliffs along the oceans and towering along the river, so powerful…I like to sit on boulders, warmed by the sun,along the river, so peaceful….God is my Rock and the Bible talks of rocks and stones…and btw I also collect stamps! I so appreciate the fine art detail and history…
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Sitting on boulders, warmed by the sun. Beautiful. Do you have a favorite stone Christie?
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Amazing. And also, growing up, my dad read and followed Richard Rohr almost religiously (pun intended). I heard him speak once – brilliant doesn’t come close to describing the way his heart and mind operate. What an unexpected gift to find a bit of my growing up in your post DK.
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Wow. Synchronicity with long time lapse. Great story Bonnie. Thanks for sharing.
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I so agree with this quote. Ordinary humans. Rocks, nature, yes!
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Smiling. Hawaii Rocks!
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