Love and Suffering – July 6, 2021
“Love, I believe, is the only way to initially and safely open the door of awareness and aliveness, and then suffering for that love keeps that door open and available for ever greater growth. They are the two great doors, and we dare not leave them closed.” –Richard Rohr, The Naked Now, p. 128
Already Equipped – July 5, 2021
“You are already a child of God, equipped with everything you need to begin resonating with the divine. That does not mean you are morally or psychologically perfect. Not at all. But you will now have the freedom to see such failings in yourself, to grow and to love better because of them.” –Richard Rohr, […]
From the Center – July 2, 2021
Walk to the well.Turn as the earth and the moon turn,circling what they love.Whatever circles comes from the center. -Jelaluddin Rumi, trans. by Coleman Barks, The Essential Rumi, p. 279
So Small – June 28, 2021
I am so small I can barely be seen.How can this great love be inside me? Look at your eyes. They are small,but they see enormous things. -Jelaluddin Rumi, trans. by Coleman Barks, The Essential Rumi, p. 279