… watching for the brushstrokes of God
Spring is full of new life and it caught my attention that new life follows a period of rest or apparent death…whether seedlings poking through the ground, flowers coming up from bulbs, butterflies emerging from their chrysalis….
How do we pay attention to the rest and stillness that comes before new life?
“Let us agree
for now
that we will not say
the breaking
makes us stronger… “ ~ Jan Richardson
Where are you tempted to shortcut grief?
Sometimes in the midst of the messiness of life it just takes a splash of color to draw our eyes to light or laughter, peace or joy.
What pointed you toward joy?
“So true prayer demands that we be more passive than active; it requires more silence than words, more adoration than study, more concentration than rushing about, more faith than reason. We must understand thoroughly that true prayer is a gift from heaven to earth…” ~ Carlo Carretto
How do you receive?
“Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.” ~ Maya Angelou
Do you notice the ripple effects?
Amidst all the pressure
to keep going and to keep going,
may you also take time to learn the art of being;
being Loved,
being Held,
being Seen,
being in the Presence
of the One
who calls you
to rest. ~ Morgan Harper Nichols
With the Eyes of the Heart 