The Blessing of Compassion – Feb. 19, 2019
“…Pronouncing a blessing puts you as close to God as you can get. To learn to look with compassion on everything that is; to see past the terrifying demons outside to the bawling hearts within; to take the first move toward the other, however many times it takes to get close; to open your arms […]
Natural Blessing – Feb. 18, 2019
“A blessing is the natural expression of the fiery love and inclusiveness of our inner spirit. It is the manifestation of a soul-fire, and each of us can be its hearth. Each of us, you and I, can be points of reconnection, points of remembrance, points of love. We can be blessings.” -David Spangler, Blessing: […]
Not for a Second – Feb. 15, 2019
For sixty years, I have been forgetful every moment,But not for a second has this flowing toward me stopped or slowed.Today, I recognize that I am the guest,The one the mystics talk about.I play this living music for my Host. -Rumi, translation by Coleman Barks
As Blossom Goes on as Fruit – Feb. 14, 2019
I will not die an unlived life.I will not live in fearof falling or catching fire.I choose to inhabit my days,to allow my living to open me,to loosen my heartuntil it becomes a wing,a torch, a promise.I choose to risk my significance,to live so that which came to me as seedgoes to the next as […]