To live in this world is a much greater journey than we think.
Paula D'Arcy
The mystery of life lies deep within.
We cannot be apart from it,
only unaware of its presence.
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All our lives are linked.
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We are all traveling together.
There is only one road.
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The true work of our lives is love.
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We all help or hinder things by the measure
of our loving.
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We the people
hold the heart of this world.
Such an incredible responsibility
can only be understood from within.
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No matter how strong the chaos,
light is always the greater power.
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Even in the darkest dark, light.
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We are always choosing how large we'll let our
experience of life be.
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We are always free to choose love.
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Sometimes visible, sometimes not, a living light is everywhere.
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Everything is speaking to us.
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There is so much in this beautiful world to protect.
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Our deeper nature sees from an entirely different perspective.
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Treat nothing casually,
Everything is here for us.
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We're alive here together,
asked to embody a great love.
A lesser love will not be enough.
Paula D' Arcy
Stop more often, and for longer moments.
Awaken within the small story of your life,
and go beyond it, as we must.
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No one knows what lies ahead...
We can only be present to where we are.
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Don't let the past be your dwelling place.
Heal what must be healed, and open to this day.
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Don't rush past this day.
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Everything we touch and see is on loan.
Hold things wisely.
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There is a knowledge already within us, and all Nature reveals its wisdom.
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Depending upon where we place our attention,
a very different conversation with life begins.
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Let Nature take you to the mystery of things.
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There is great brokeness in the world and greater still, an undeniable light moving in all things.
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Both shadow and light teach.
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To look at the earth
if only once
and truly see it.
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Within all things (including change and loss)
is the invisible movement of a great love.
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Far beyond how things appear,
something vast waits to be known.
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Slow down and give your soul the stillness it needs.
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Even as we lose ourselves in so many things, the silent earth emits her great summons.
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We are here as part of a larger story.
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Safety and Peace
We alone can make the changes to bring them to our world.
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No one owns this Love;
We carry it together.
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Within all life there are the seeds of peace and hope.
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Nothing is static.
Love is flowing through everything.
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Stillness is something we enter when we are ready.
Paula D'Arcy
So much would change if only we'd take care of one another.
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Everything reaches out to us
in a language we barely speak.
Paula D' Arcy
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Red Bird Foundation was founded by Paula D'Arcy in 2001 as a non-profit foundation dedicated to assisting others in the transformation of pain and the restoration of hope.
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