Note: Reflection by Liz Sorensen Wessel

"Deep in our DNA we belong to the stars, the trees and the galaxies." ~ Ilia Delio

"The little space within the heart is as great as the vast universe. The heavens and the earth are there, and the sun and the moon and the stars.  Fire and lightening and winds are there, and all that now is and all that is not. "
— The Upanishads sacred text in India 6000 years ago

We, a circle of five women came together to share, being with one another and opening to the Divine mystery of our lives. This extraordinary retreat experience was a pause from our routines as we unplugged from technology. 

Contemplation, silence, walking along the shore, breathing in the ocean air…breathing… sharing the state of our hearts without judgment, fixing or helping but rather being present with a deep-down kindness.

Listening, learning and integrating spiritual wisdom, expanding our awareness of our interconnectedness with all creation. Personal reflection, peacefulness and prayer and revelations within a safe space of mutual vulnerability and trust.

Grieving tears while recognizing all the good and blessings of Love we have received from our Creator amid expressions of gratitude and joy expanding out in a world of both/and rather than either/or; for we have been called to the more. 

Journeying forth with a renewed singularity of purpose to live a life grounded in Love.

"Deep within we long for unity because, at the most fundamental level, we are already one. We belong to one another because we have the same source of love; the love that flows through the trees is the same love that flows through my being. . . We are deeply connected in this flow of love, beginning on the level of nature where we are the closest of kin because the Earth is our mother. " -Ilia Delio

Art Images by ~liz