Tuesday, January 6, 2009

A Quiet Heart

The last few weeks you could find me organizing and rearranging the house. Not a closet untouched. It's all revamped and ready for a new year!! In the process, I stumbled across a book, "A Quiet Heart" by Patricia Holland.


"We need to simplify and spiritualize and celestialize. If most of what we are doing doesn't fit these categories, if at least some portion of our day is not turned to heaven, then we have a wrenching, rending emptiness awaiting us-isolation of the first order-and we will find no cloak of charity with which to protect ourselves or our sisters. We simply have to see what we can eliminate, what we can replace with something higher and holier, more reflective, compassionate, and eternal."

I'm sure I'll be posting more quotes.

2 comments:

Melody said...

Wow Mal! Great job on organizing the closets! And I love the quote! Setting personal goals is a high priority on my to do list today, & I think I will put this quote on the top of my paper. I look forward to seeing more. Love ya!

Malissa said...

The only problem with organizing all of the closets, etc. is that dailiy chores go undone- i.e. dish and trash pile up. A good cleaning is the next project:)