… watching for the brushstrokes of God
“There is something deeply consoling in knowing that the landscape around me was carved out over many millennia by terrestrial upheaval, glacial forces, and the erosion of incessant ice and water. Their history is one of resilience and resolve, forged by the chisel of God.” ~ Amanda Held Opelt, A Hole in the World
How do mountains lend you perspective and timelessness?
Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefullness, gratefullness is a measure of our aliveness. ~ David Steindl-Rast
How alive are you?
In the midst of chaos, uncertainty and change, what does it take to develop ones capacity to adapt, bend and bounce back without breaking while staying centered in ones core purpose.
Where do you find sustenance for resilience?
“When we celebrate the Sabbath we adore precisely something we do not see. … To name it queen, to call it bride is merely to allude to the fact that it’s spirit is a reality we meet rather than an empty span of time which we choose to set aside for comfort or recuperation.” ~ Abraham Heschel
How do we shift from setting aside to meeting?
There are times when I know what I know. Then there are times when I know what I don’t know. And then there are times where I don’t know what I don’t know, when I am floating along unaware of my ignorance.
How do you grow in awareness of your unawareness?
We came back to the lake one evening for some night-time kayaking. There is something about being out on the water…fish jumping, frogs croaking, encircled by the deep darkness of the trees, wrapped in the cloak of darkness, infinitely small under the vastness of the stars. It was what Karla Kincannon calls “a holy moment, an encounter with the Divine that pulsates within the circadian rhythms found in all creation.”
Where have you found a holy moment? How do you build spaces into your regular rhythm to be surprised by the holy?
With the Eyes of the Heart 