Weekly Meditations

Saturday, November 7: Gratitude Reflection

Today, give thanks for trees. Trees, rooted in the earth, rise up to reach for the heavens. They embrace the movement of the wind, become bridges between the land and sky, earth and heaven.             Trees of different species signal the changing seasons. Many of them blaze with color, and grow bare as the world[…]

Friday, November 6: Gratitude Reflection

As we enter the weekend, let us appreciate roads and trails. Such connectors offer another aspect of journeys. They inolve ‘places between’ that encompass the routes we travel.             On such pathways, transformation occurs. Our oldest recorded stories and most sacred texts narrate human migrations that celebrate adventures and experiences. On the trail, we cause[…]

Thursday, November 5: Gratitude Reflection

Let us give thanks for windows and doors. For physical thresholds that mark our arrivals and departures, our comings and goings. Sometimes they’re more than a knob and a hinge: they’re portals of transition. They demarcate the places we begin or end, they designate both routine movements and life-altering journeys. At such portals, we leave[…]

Wednesday, November 4: Gratitude Reflection

Let us pay attention to light. To what it reveals. To how it is both particle and wave, something measurable with science, yet also fleeting, untouchable, ineffable.  Some kinds of light — such as daylight — feed our brains,  emotions, and bodies. Trigger wellbeing. Enough light sustains growth and life, converts into energy for much[…]

Nov 1 Gratitude: Intro & First Reflection

INTRODUCTION For the month of November, we offer you a daily meditation on gratitude. Use this to help create a positive, resilient framework of hope and healing for yourself, your relationships, your community, your nation and world. Gratitude changes perspectives and even makes the impossible become more possible! We are grateful for each of you,[…]

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