Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality
Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories
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Days 19-20 “Above All, Trust”…
“God is not remote from us. He is at the point of my pen, my (pick) shovel, my paint brush, my (sewing) needle – and my heart and thoughts.” -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Above all, trust in the slow work… Continue reading
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Days 12-13 Bennacht – A Blessing – by John O’Donohue
Bennacht — A Blessing — by John O’Donohue On the day whenThe weight deadensOn your shouldersAnd you stumble,May the clay danceTo balance you. And when your eyesFreeze behindThe gray windowAnd the ghost of lossGets in to you,May a flock of… Continue reading
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Days 5-6 High Flight
High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things You have not dreamed… Continue reading
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Day 366 – The Mysterious Gift of Terminal Illness
“The cause of death is life. How else can we make any sense of it except through story?” – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 362-365 Pearls Streaming
And I said to a man who stood at the gate of the year; “Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.” And he replied: “Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the… Continue reading
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Dayss 357-358 Peace
"Nature was a mirror of the soul for St. Francis of Assisi—a mirror for himself and a mirror for God. All this mirroring effected a complete change of consciousness, a shift in how he saw reality.The outer world began… Continue reading
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Days 355-356 – Solstice & Reverie
“…we can learn from the wise how we may, each short day and long night, find our way into the light.” – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 350-351 This Art
(Please note: Today's GUEST ESSAY was submitted by Artist, Maria Doglio). Painting, "Heart in Tree" ~ by Maria Doglio “In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest… Continue reading
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Days 348-349 – Are We Dreaming?
“Time is a trick. But, the biggest trick of all may be reality…The only good choice we have in this world is to let our everyday choices be guided by Love’s energy instead of letting Fear’s energy shadow our days.”… Continue reading
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