Liz sorensen Wessel

  • Days 11-12 – The Gift of Grace

      “In mythos and fairy tales, deities and other great spirits test the hearts of humans by showing up in various forms that disguise their divinity. They show up in robes, rags, silver sashes, or with muddy feet. They show… Continue reading

  • Days 4-5 – Reshaping Our Eyes

    TRANSFORMATION It could be the letter never answered, the one in which you declared your love in such a tender way, admitting to every- thing. Or when the shell you brought all… the way from the Philippines is dropped by… Continue reading

  • Days 354-355 Blessings of Love

      In the fullness of life we can experience the many nuances of love. The Ancient Greek’s were able to distinguish the various facets of love imbued in the words; xenia, philia. storge, eros and agape. Xenia is the word… Continue reading

  • Days 347-348 Your True Inheritance

      To be human is to become visible while carrying what is hidden as a gift to others. To remember the other world in this world is to live in your true inheritance. -David Whyte  Love is the source of… Continue reading

  • Days 333-334 For Beauty’s Sake

    They were born at the same hour, same day and year, on June 13, 1935 but they grew up in different parts of the world. He was a refugee from Bulgaria and she came from a military family in Casablanca,… Continue reading

  • Days 319-320 Hints of Gladness

      When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such hints of gladness. I would almost say that they save me, and daily. I… Continue reading

  • Day 305-306 From Darkness to Light

    The scene opens with a young boy lying sick  in bed. His grandfather is reminiscing with him about his life and childhood. He recalls his own father reading to him when he was 10 and ill with pneumonia. It is… Continue reading

  • Days 298-299 The Prayer of the Person

    "I would see you as my friend, / That I may remember you are a part of me / And come to know myself.  -Course in Miracles In the early 1600’s in Le Puy, France a small band of women… Continue reading

  • Days 291-292 Like A Welcome Season

    Maybe if we reinvent whatever our lives give us we find poems." ~ Naomi Shihab Nye Leave the familiar for a while Let your senses stretch out Like a welcome season Onto meadows, shores and hills Change rooms in your… Continue reading

  • Days 268-269 Love Holds

    Thank you for the many ways you illumine  my universe… Today, many of us will gather to honor our colleague who unexpectedly died this past week. Our presence will be a sign of support to her family and one another… Continue reading