We need a revolution in the West: not violent overthrow, but a willingness to take responsibility for the course of history being set forth in our names. We need a revolution determined to activate broad, inclusive social change. Christina Baldwin More Quotes by Christina Baldwin More Quotes From Christina Baldwin Most of us have developed a fairly extensive vocabulary for describing pain, as though the journal were a doctor requiring much detail to make the correct diagnosis. The roundness of the spiritual journey cannot be expressed without developing an equally extensive vocabulary for talking to ourselves and others about the nature of wonder, joy, ecstasy, love, transfiguration. Christina Baldwin pain journey spiritual Spiritual life is contractual. The sacred cannot dialogue with the unresponsive. Christina Baldwin sacred spiritual inspirational Meaning drives us from despair to wonder, from confusion to clarity, from hesitance to confidence. And the only place to find meaning is in the importance of small things. Christina Baldwin despair confusion inspirational Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people. Christina Baldwin forgiveness inspirational people Perhaps we wouldn't eat so much, or smoke, or drink so much if we were paying attention to ourselves. Perhaps we wouldn't talk so much if we were paying attention to each other. All these oral activities are trying to meet a need, and perhaps the greatest need is to be seen and heard. Christina Baldwin trying attention needs Creatures of a very particular making, we need to know the cultural blinders that narrow our world view as well as the psychological blinders that narrow our view of our personal experience. Christina Baldwin our-world vision views Friendship has no civil, and few emotional, rights in our society. Christina Baldwin our-society emotional rights Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix. Christina Baldwin
