Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality
Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories
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Days 40-41 Sacred Circle
Mandala is the Sanskrit word for sacred circle, there is no beginning and no end, a universal symbol for God as an all-inclusive Love without distinction. Representative of life, mandala symbolism has polarities or opposites. For example, night and day,… Continue reading
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Days 35-39 – The Path to “The Light” – Our Most Sacred Journey
“There is no more important journey than our one towards The Light. If we give up, we fall into the half-light of a world devoid of real meaning. The single most important thing to know is that the light is… Continue reading
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Days 33-34 Our Hidden Gift
The hidden gift in caregiving Continue reading
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Days 31 & 32 – Becoming a Carelover
“How do we become care lovers rather than job haters? How do we move from gray world to bright hope?” – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 26-27 If Only for an Instant
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” -Rumi We have a responsibility to ourselves and others to attend to the barriers… Continue reading
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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
Journal of Sacred Work 