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Stay — Jan RichardsonA Blessing for Ascension Day I know how your mind rushes aheadtrying to fathom what could follow this.What will you do, where will you go, how will you live? You will want to outrun the grief.You will want to keep turning toward the horizon,watching for what was lost to come back,to return to you […]
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. – Soren Kierkegaard Ironically … it is by the means of seemingly perfunctory daily rituals and routines that we enhance the personal relationships that nourish and sustain us. ― Kathleen Norris Solving problems means listening. – Richard Branson One thing becomes […]
There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in. ― Desmond Tutu Alone — Maya Angelou Lying, thinking Last night How to find my soul a home Where water is not thirsty And bread loaf is […]
Earth Day — Jane Yolen I am the Earth And the Earth is me. Each blade of grass, Each honey tree, Each bit of mud, And stick and stone Is blood and muscle, Skin and bone. And just as I Need every bit Of me to make My body fit, So Earth needs Grass and […]
Blessing the Body (excerpt) — Jan Richardson This blessing takes one look at you and all it can say is holy. Holy hands. Holy face. Holy feet. Holy everything in between. Holy even in pain. Holy even when weary. In brokenness, holy. In shame, holy still. Holy in delight. Holy in distress. Holy when being […]
