Working for the work . . .

It's Sol's day … a beautiful fog covers TulseyTown at dawn. We've been under cloud cover for so many days recently, some of us have forgotten what the Sunshine looks like. That may change this afternoon. Change in the weather is always afoot in Okieland. The week ahead is forecasted to be quite a return to Winter.

The Sunday Sermon

Apropos the sun—whether or not it is recognized, appreciated, or even seen—is accessible to whomever might benefit from it. In the same way, determine to be constantly gentle and giving to others, without a strategy, without a plan, and without ambition. – Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche. More about Khandro Rinpoche on her website.

Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider world, a world in which both can flourish. – Richard Rohr at the Center for Action and Contemplation.

Do not depend on the hope of results. Concentrate instead on the value of the work itself—on the people the work is meant to be for. – Thomas Merton

Speaking of the value of work:

Today is the birth date of Pablo Casals. The cellist and conductor was born in 1876 in Vendrell, Spain

In 1916 James Joyce's novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was published.

And, Mary Tyler Moore was born on this day in 1936, Brooklyn, New York

...may we be grounded in love and find the hope, peace, and strength needed to carry us through each day. May we have the courage to choose compassion over conflict, and the strength to walk the path of love, mercy, and understanding in all that we do. – Maria Shriver