Sacrament of Life

“Well the sky always seemed like another ocean to me, you know? Like we live between two incredible oceans, and we’ll never get to the bottom of either of them.”― Brian Doyle, The Plover

“Each life is a mystery that is never finally available to the mind’s light or questions. That we are here is a huge affirmation; somehow life needed us and wanted us to be. To sense and trust this primeval acceptance can open a vast spring of trust within the heart. It can free us into a natural courage that casts out fear and opens up our lives to become voyages of discovery, creativity, and compassion. No threshold need be a threat, but rather an invitation and a promise.

Whatever comes, the great sacrament of life will remain faithful to us, blessing us always with visible signs of invisible grace. We merely need to trust.”- John O’Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings

Let’s go rather than here we go again.
To enter the same new.
Soft gaze.
Open heart.
With wonder, awe, amazement.
Grace, invisible and invisible.
Catch and share shards of light, laughter, gratitude.
The story of a life well lived each day.
A sacrament.

“We’re here for a little window. And to use that time to catch and share shards of light and laughter and grace seems to me the great story.”― Brian Doyle, One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder