“What Is A Quaker?” <\/a>\u00a0She is speaking in the beginning in the slow, measured tones I have come to appreciate about her. Following the heart attack, she called me to remind me to slow down. I laughed when she told me that she understood what a challenge that was for me, since, for her, speeding up to the pace at which I was accustomed to running, would be equally daunting. She exudes a wisdom and comfort that I sense comes from her spiritual practice.<\/p>\nHer take on what it means to be a Quaker is expressed in this way:\u00a0\u00a0 Someone who is\u00a0 “slow and still,\u00a0 (can) enter a silence and actually be penetrated by that silence,” and later in the video, adds: “There is a way of trusting the innocence of that Power. Not being\u00a0afraid of that Power but someone who is willing to walk intimately with that Power and be informed, reformed, transformed.\u00a0”<\/p>\n
In what ways; regardless of your faith tradition, are you willing open your mind and heart to information, reform your thoughts and transform your life? Be still and know….<\/p>\n
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