“Snap” Sunday Sermon: Twenty-Four Brand-New Hours

June 14th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
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This is one of my favorite readings.

TWENTY-FOUR BRAND-NEW HOURS
By Thich Nhat Hanh

“Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others.
Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. The Question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We don’t have to travel far away to enjoy the blue sky. We don’t have to leave our city or even our neighborhood to enjoy the eyes of a beautiful child. Even the air we breathe can be a source of joy.
We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available. We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive at the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.
Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment. …”

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  1. Comment by no imageshearyadi (Who am I?) on 16 June 2008:

    Thanks for this wonderful post. Thich Nhat Hanh is one of my favorite teacher, although never meet in personal (maybe someday) but I’ve read the book.

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  2. Comment by no imageLisa (Who am I?) on 17 June 2008:

    @shearyadi - glad you enjoyed it. - L

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  3. Comment by no imagesuzie q (Who am I?) on 18 June 2008:

    Don’t you ust love him?!?! This is one of my favorite pieces by him.

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