… watching for the brushstrokes of God
A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery. Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts…”~ Margaret Mead
When the canvas frays in the currach of thought and a stain of ocean blackens beneath you, may there come across the waters a path of yellow moonlight to bring you safely home. ~ John O’Donohue
Where does the moon light your path?
“The people we love most in the world serve as footholds in our lives. They are the bedrock, the infrastructure that stabilizes our meaning, our purpose, our schedules, and our activities. They bind together our past, present and future.” ~ Amanda Held Opelt “A hole in the world”
Who are the footholds in your life?
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 our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe, working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a power that is able to make a way out of no way and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
What helps you remember?
“The blues is an impulse to keep the painful details and episodes of a brutal existence alive in one’s aching consciousness, to finger its jagged grain, and to transcend it, not by the consolation of philosophy but by squeezing from it a near-tragic, near-comic lyricism.” ~ Ralph Ellison
How do you find your way into resilience?
With the Eyes of the Heart 