English: Minnesota state photograph “Grace” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“You say grace before meals.
All right.
But I say grace before the play and the opera,
And grace before the concert and pantomime,
And grace before I open a book,
And grace before sketching, painting,
Swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing;
And grace before I dip the pen in the ink.”
–G.K. Chesterton
My spiritual journey is all about finding the grace in the everyday—and the not so everyday—while living a full and creative life that includes chronic illness, PTSD, and depression. I'm a writer, blogger and photographer, live in lovely Minneapolis, Minnesota and am happily married to George and doggie-mama to Piper. I’m a Benedictine Oblate candidate of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, MN. My creative inspirations include nature, good books, Lake Superior, my flower garden, and my faith. More than anything, I cherish spending time with friends and, especially, family.
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4 thoughts on ““You say grace …”
I have always loved the quote:
If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is “thank you,” that would suffice.
– Meister Eckhart
One of my faves. GKC also said Grace before lighting a cigar; a practice I adopted years ago. I think I’ll try remembering to apply it to baseball this year.
Chronic Grace 
I have always loved the quote:
If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is “thank you,” that would suffice.
– Meister Eckhart
Thanks for the reminder!
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I know, that’s one of my all-time favorite quotes. Amazing how such a brief quote can contain so much truth!
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One of my faves. GKC also said Grace before lighting a cigar; a practice I adopted years ago. I think I’ll try remembering to apply it to baseball this year.
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Scott, just as long as you post a picture of that of Facebook!
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