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Jun 23

Seed to Tree

“Create no images of God. Accept the images that God has provided. They are everywhere, in everything. God is Change— Seed to tree, tree to forest; Rain to river, river to sea; Grubs to bees, bees to swarm. From one, many; from many, one; Forever uniting, growing, dissolving— forever Changing. The universe is God’s self-portrait.”― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

“All that you touch
You Change.

All that you Change
Changes you.

The only lasting truth
is Change.

God
is Change.”― Octavia E. Butler

What will bloom in you today?
To what will you tend?
Hold, embrace, release
Kindness, peace, love woven through it all.
For eyes to see, open hands to receive.

“Kindness eases change
Love quiets fear”― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents

Jun 21

Between Two Breaths

“Would there be a little space, she wondered, a little time, some way to hold off eventfulness, to push busyness into the corners of the room and just stand there a minute or two.”― Toni Morrison, Beloved

“Suddenly I feel I am in the space between two breaths, in the moment of time it takes to stretch out a hand to another person, in the second when the heart beats and braces itself to beat again. I stand and wait with nothing to wait for. Am I on board a ship at sea, in a house in a park, in a town in a country? Is nothing changed, can everything be swept away as a dream is swept out of the conscious mind in the morning?”― Sven Holm, Termush

Space and margin.
Float and ease.
Grace and gentleness
Rhythm and flow.
Breadth and dimension
Kindness and care.
Take the pause, often.

“Life is not what we’re chasing. Life is what we’re leaving behind in the chasing.”― Craig D. Lounsbrough

Jun 19

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Soft Centered Arrival

“Presence doesn’t need a grand arrival — only a willingness to begin again.” – Amit Ray

“Equanimity is not a path around. It is the courage to remain in the center until the center opens.” – G. Scott Graham, The Tao of Equanimity

The noise will get louder
The chaos ensue
Demands multiply

The invitation
To this moment
To walk the path

Of presence

No shortcuts
Already here
In the quiet
The noticing

Attention and admiration
Reverence and wonder
Peace in the pause, in the receiving.

“The chase feels like movement — but it leaves you farther from the moment.”― G. Scott Graham, The Tao of Equanimity

Jun 14

Narrow Path, Beauty Abundant

“And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul”― John Muir

“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.”― David Attenborough

Wandering
Wondering
Exploration
Beauty
Fresh air
Relaxation
Reflection
Reset
Realignment
Renewal
Compound interest
Economy of Delight, Pause, Praise
Refill your tank
Daily

“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.”― John Muir

Jun 11

In Stillness, Sanctuary

“A walk in nature walks the soul back home.”― Mary Davis, Every Day Spirit: A Daybook of Wisdom, Joy and Peace

“In a silent morning moment, with a silent voice I pray, to lift a silent sunrise offering on silent wings of grace.”― Mary Davis, Every Day Spirit: A Daybook of Wisdom, Joy and Peace

Tending rather than mere attendance
Showing up
Leaning in
To what matters
Leaning back
Foregoing worry
Picking up joy, curiosity, delight
Traveling light, casting light.

“Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary.” – Hermann Hesse

Jun 10

Daily Abundant Grace

“The world is in need of our peace today.”― Mary Davis, Every Day Spirit: A Daybook of Wisdom, Joy and Peace

“Sometimes when we just stand still, the grace finds us.”― Mary Davis, Every Day Spirit: A Daybook of Wisdom, Joy and Peace

In the spaces of pause
Of not doing
Of letting it be
Of slow
Of inquiry
Of curiosity
Of gazing
Grace and gratitude
Clarity, calm, discernment
Pullover, often
Peace resides here
In the allowing, inviting, quieting
Reset, refreshment, renewal
Second, third, fourth chances
Daily abundant grace.

“Not many of us will get to witness a resurrection but most of us will find, over and over again, that our worst fears never materialize. Life has a beautiful way of continuing to give us mornings and second chances. Just when we think the story is over, we get surprise endings and miracles.”― Mary Davis, Every Day Spirit: A Daybook of Wisdom, Joy and Peace

Jun 8

Yield to Presence

“hope inspires the good to reveal itself.” – Emly Dickinson

“The possible’s slow fuse is lit by the Imagination.”― Emily Dickinson

Yield to presence
Merge with wonder
Submit to joy
Succumb to beauty
Relent in ease
Seed to bloom
Wait with patience
Flow like honey
Comingle with delight
Waltz with peace
Yield to presence

“Write me of hope and love, and hearts that endured.”― Emily Dickinson

Jun 7

In Stillness, Revelation and Delight

“Stillness reveals what hurry hides.” – Pico Iyer

“Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.”― Emily Dickinson

In stillness, revelation
In hovering, awe
In abiding, emergence
Soft whisper
Deep stirring
Exquisite beauty
Peace that passes understanding
On the altars of this day
Kneel
Become new, again and again.

“We turn not older with years but newer every day.”― Emily Dickinson

Jun 6

Sun In a Cup

“Bring me the sunset in a cup.”― Emily Dickinson

“Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I’ve heard it in the chilliest land
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.”
― Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

Hope, light, joyTeaspoons and cups
Ordinary and abundant
For the taking
In the receiving
In the giving especially
Dwelling quietly in each day
Awaiting presence, noticing, participation

“I dwell in possibility…”― Emily Dickinson

Jun 5

Holy Brimming in Beauty

“Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you to notice the holiness in it.”― Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith

“My life depends on engaging the most ordinary physical activities with the most exquisite attention I can give them. My life depends on ignoring all touted distinctions between the secular and the sacred, the physical and the spiritual, the body and the soul. What is saving my life now is becoming more fully human, trusting that there is no way to God apart from real life in the real world.”― Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith

In naming and bucketing
We simplify, reduce, minimize
In judging and ordering
We miss nuance, depth, hue
In criticizing and complaining
We forgo joy, gratitude, delight
To notice holy woven through ordinary
Daily call.

“Human beings may separate things into as many piles as we wish—separating spirit from flesh, sacred from secular, church from world. But we should not be surprised when God does not recognize the distinctions we make between the two.”― Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith

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