The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. ~ Ida B Wells
Where do you shine the light?
Light of truth
Morning rise
May my mind come alive today
To the invisible geography
That invites me to new frontiers,
To break the dead shell of yesterdays,
To risk being disturbed and changed. ~ Jon O’Donahue
How do you awaken to the landscape of this day?
Prayer
“For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.” ~ St. Therese of Lisieux
What is prayer for you?
Afternoon on a hill
I will be the gladdest thing
under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
and not pick one.
I will look at cliffs and clouds
with quiet eyes,
watch the wind bow down the grass,
and the grass rise. ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay
How do you settle into contentment?
Birthquakes
In her chapter in the book Embodied Spirits Rosalie Norman-McNaney speaks of birth quakes. And I was intrigued. The shaking and shifting and opening of a quake not to swallow or destroy but to bring new life.
What is breaking forth from your soul?
Edge dwellers
Both the monk and artist are edge dwellers, ones who commit to living in fertile border spaces and who call the wider community to alternative ways of being beyond the status quo… Living on the edges means recognizing those places and experiences that do not offer easy answers, those fierce edges of life where things are not as clear as we hope them to be. ~ Christine Valters Paintner, Abbey of the Arts
How do you hold mystery and questions?
With the Eyes of the Heart 