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Nov 4

Too High a Spirit

“Joy is the noblest human act. — St. Thomas Aquinas

“Write it on your heart
that every day is the best day
in the year.
He is rich who owns the day,
and no one owns the day
who allows it to be invaded
with fret and anxiety.
Finish every day
and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities,
no doubt crept in.
Forget them as soon as you can,
tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely,
with too high a spirit
to be cumbered with your
old nonsense.
This new day is too dear,
with its hopes and invitations,
to waste a moment on the yesterdays.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

To look fear in the face
Stare it down
Never succumb to despair
Fight the good fight daily
To carry on vigorously and confidently
Rooted in love, kindness, generosity
Hopes and invitations aplenty
Extend and accept
Choose well
Cast light

“Love won’t be tampered with, love won’t go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other.”― Louise Erdrich

Nov 3

Till Deep, Tend Well

“Around us, life bursts forth with miracles—a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh

“We seldom notice how each day is a holy place
Where the eucharist of the ordinary happens,
Transforming our broken fragments
Into an eternal continuity that keeps us.
Somewhere in us a dignity presides
That is more gracious than the smallness
That fuels us with fear and force,
A dignity that trusts the form a day takes.
So at the end of this day, we give thanks
For being betrothed to the unknown
And for the secret work
Through which the mind of the day
And wisdom of the soul become one.” – John O’Donohue

May noticing take your hand today
Walk with you on sacred ground of the present
Deepening awe
Inviting delight
Releasing wonder
No where else but on the fertile soil where you stand
Where wisdom is rooted, breaking ground
Awaiting your attention and tending.
Till and tend.

“Our thoughts create our reality – where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go.” – Peter McWilliams

Oct 22

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Drops to Ocean

“There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.”― Ralph H. Blum

“May you realize that the shape of your soul is unique, that you have a special destiny here, that behind the facade of your life there is something beautiful, good, and eternal happening. May you learn to see yourself with the same delight, pride, and expectation with which God sees you in every moment.” – John O’Donohue

Beneath the façade
The noise
The pursuit
The busy
The rush
A current
A rhythm
A calm
Ebb and flow
Quiet joy rising to the surface of each day
From inches to horizon
Drops to ocean

“Maybe we give up so we can more fully receive. Maybe we give up so we receive something better than what our small minds had wanted.”― Heather Lanier, Raising a Rare Girl: A Memoir

Oct 7

Daily Blooming

“We are sent into the world to live to the full everything that awakens within us and everything that comes toward us.”― John O’Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

“We put terrible pressure on our minds. When we tighten them or harden our views or beliefs, we lose all the softness and flexibility that makes for real shelter, belonging, and protection. Sometimes the best way of caring for your soul is to make flexible again some of the views that harden and crystalize your mind; for these alienate you from your own depth and beauty.”― John O’Donohue

Release the valve.
Judgment, assumptions, opinions, righteousness, othering, walls, bunkers, scarcity.
Open the windows, doors too.
Let fresh air in, deep full breath.
Yield.
Kindness, gentleness, ease, generosity, joy, beauty, light, compassion, abundance, love.
Soft, malleable, flexible, bendable, inviting, unknowing, welcoming, awake, attentive, curious, belonging.
Daily blooming, graced with love, deepest tranquilities.

“TO COME HOME TO YOURSELF May all that is unforgiven in you Be released. May your fears yield Their deepest tranquilities. May all that is unlived in you Blossom into a future Graced with love.”― John O’Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings

Aug 23

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Sky Galleries

“When life feels too big to handle, go outside. Everything looks smaller when you’re standing under the sky.”― L.R. Knost

“I hope you gaze at cloud art galleries
against azure summer skies
and pause to gasp at rainbows
and watch butterflies fly by;
I hope wildflowers make you happy
and sad songs make you cry
and old books stacked in dusty nooks
are gems you can’t pass by;
I hope burnt toast mornings
are little things
you handle with a smile
and midnight talks and starlit walks
keep you up once in awhile;
I hope laundry warm from the dryer
brings a sigh of contentment
and front porch swings on cool evenings
offer rest when you are spent;
I hope your life is light in sorrow
and heavy with laughter
and you greet each season of your life
like a new favorite chapter;
I hope you honor every soul you meet
and always go that extra mile
and when you think of me, my love,
I hope it’s with a smile.”
― L.R. Knost

Hope.
Wonder.
Awe.
Joy.
Gratitude.
Big sky.
Heavy sigh.
Pause to see it.
Settle to let peace in.
Go out and share it with the world.
Naïve, childlike, simple, optimistic.
Yep.
And I’ll take it every time over despair, fear, scarcity, chaos.
Cast light.

“Patience is an inner pause, a brief stillness, a moment we give ourselves to breathe through our initial reaction so we can move to the place where a calm, thoughtful response is born. Patience is a gift of time we give ourselves so we can give the gift of peace to others.”― L.R. Knost

Aug 8

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Duties of the Present

“The duties of each moment are the shadows beneath which hides the divine operation.”― Jean-Pierre de Caussade, Abandonment to Divine Providence

“When you show people a picture of a circle with a small wedge cut out of it, their eyes first go to the missing piece every time. There is so much more to who we were and who we are than just the missing piece.”― Steve Leder, The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift

Beneath the surface.
Above the clouds.
Wide and broad.
Deep and thick.
More than we know.
Beauty without and within.
To witness and partake.
The duties of the present moment.

“The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.” – Rumi

Jul 13

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Showing Up, Tuning In

“And how can we truly know ourselves unless we get still enough to listen to just ourself? Unless we give ourself the time and space to tune in.”― Shayne Traviss, Your Vivid Life

“And such is life, it keeps showing up. However, we get to choose to be victims or victors, and the greatest achievement of all is to know yourself, to have your feet planted in the earth and your hands reaching for the sky, and to do your best to integrate that in everything you do.”― Shayne Traviss, Your Vivid Life

Time
Space
Pause
Beauty
Play
Rest
May you grant these gifts to yourself
To tune in
Root
Enter the flow of life
That is happening all around
And deep within
Life keeps showing up
It’s your turn to show up and partake
Each day.

“The light the dark. The ebb and flow. This is life – there will be sunny days and there will be storms. But the power is in knowing who you are amongst it all and not lingering in any one place, just staying long enough to find your treasure and realizing it’s within you wherever you’re at.”― Shayne Traviss, Your Vivid Life

Jul 3

Teeming and Comprehending

“There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.”― John Cage, Silence: Lectures and Writings

“The world is teeming; anything can happen.”― John Cage, Silence: Lectures and Writings

To see.
To hear.
To imagine.
To delight.
To gaze.
To reflect.
To pause.
The actions that till the soil of gratitude, awareness, joy.
Wake up.
Get to it.

“I wake up grateful, for life is a gift.”― Elizabeth Alexander, The Light of the World

Jun 26

Overflowing and Precious Opportunities

“At some point we must plunge in to discover a greater expanse; yet when this broader horizon does appear, a new depth will open up at our point of entry.”― Edith Stein, Potency and Act

“Daily life provides countless occasions for adapting to change and impermanence. Yet we squander these precious opportunities, assuming that we have all the time in the world.”― Yongey Mingyur, Turning Confusion into Clarity

The “someday when” trap.
Another place.
Different circumstances.
When this person changes.
When this happens.
When I arrive here.
You are here, now.
Nowhere else, so root and anchor in the present.
Certain to change with twists and turns, lulls in between.
The days pass swiftly with age.
Do not miss your life seeking someday, squandering precious opportunities.
Someday is today.
Dive in with enthusiasm, awe and wonder.

“Let your own experience serve as your guide and inspiration. Let yourself enjoy the view as you travel along the path. The view is your own mind, and because your mind is already enlightened, if you take the opportunity to rest awhile along the journey, eventually you’ll realize that the place you want to reach is the place you already are.”― Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, The Joy of Living

Jun 14

Rooted in this Day

“Save all your energies and time for breaking the wall your mind has built around you.”― Nisargadatta Maharaj, I Am That

“Wisdom is knowing I am nothing,
Love is knowing I am everything,
and between the two my life moves.”
― Nisargadatta Maharaj

Gravity and flight.
Grounded in what’s before, not behind or too far ahead.
Lunging into delight of presence.
To see and hear anew.
To walk not race.
Everything you need.
Rooted in this day.

“You will receive everything you need when you stop asking for what you do not need”― Nisargadatta Maharaj

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