… watching for the brushstrokes of God
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flocks,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among people,
To make music in the heart.
~ Howard Thurman
What is your first step?
To wait open-endedly is
an enormously radical attitude toward life.
…actively present to the moment,
expecting that new things will happen to us,
new things that are far beyond
our own imagination or prediction.
That, indeed, is a very radical stance toward life
in a world preoccupied with control.
~ Henri J.M. Nouwen
How do you stay open?
“It takes courage to set sail in a new direction of life. Our minds to venture in catching winds of time and change. And the sun rising with a fresh perspective.” Linda J. Wolff
What new direction asks for your courage?
“In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.” Paulo Coelho
How do you appreciate your uniqueness?
“Look well to the growing edge! … It is the extra breath from the exhausted lung, the one more thing to try when all else has failed, the upward reach of life when weariness closes in upon all endeavor. This is the basis of hope in moments of despair, the incentive to carry on when times are out of joint, the source of confidence when worlds crash and dreams whiten into ash. … Look well to the growing edge!” Howard Thurman
Where is your growing edge?
Where do you reside the disciples ask Jesus in the Gospel of John. Jesus replies, “Come and see”. Where do you reside? What are the markers of your residency?
What footprints tell of your presence?
With the Eyes of the Heart 