“Find out what makes you most alive and do that, for what the world needs, more than anything else, is people who are fully alive.” Howard Thurman
When do you feel fully alive?
Being alive
Still I rise
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise… (Maya Angelou)
How do you find the breath and air to rise in the midst of the challenges and trauma of these days?
Mundane
When you do the dishes, do the dishes. Brother Lawrence
What are you called to stay present with?
Come in, come in
“And under the eaves
and through the walls the squirrels
have gnawed their ragged entrances but it is the season
when they need shelter, so what shall I do?” Mary Oliver
What spaces is God looking to be invited into?
Insignificant
“Whatever you do will be insignificant and it is very important that you do it.” Mahatma Ghandi
Where does this resonate within your life?
A tiny dot of blue
A tiny dot of blue in the grey and cloudy sky. An opening. A promise.
“In our anxiety to limit ourselves to that which we can comprehend definitely, we are losing all that is above, beyond, below, through, past, over that small area encompassed by our conscious mind” Madeleine L’Engle
How do you limit yourself? How does God break through?
With the Eyes of the Heart 