Tag: presence

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Wild lands

“When you open your heart to discovery, you will be called to step outside the comfort barriers within which you have fortified your life. You will be called to risk old views and thoughts and to step off the circle of routine and image. This will often bring turbulence. The pendulum will fix at times on one extreme, and you will be out of balance. But your soul loves the danger of growth. In its own wise trust, your soul will always return you to a place of real and vital equilibrium” ~ John O’Donohue

In what ways does your soul love the danger of growth?

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Walking relaxed

“Walking in a relaxed manner” is a phrase from Joyce Rupp’s book on walking the Camino de Santiago. What does it mean to walk in a relaxed manner? To live our days in a relaxed manner in the midst of the strain of expectations, desires, aspirations, upheavals, triggers, things to do and places to go.

How do you set your feet into a spacious place (Psalm 31:8)?

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Night vision

…”But the darkness pulls in everything-
shapes and fires, animals and myself,
how easily it gathers them! –
powers and people-

and it is possible a great presence is moving near me.

I have faith in nights.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

How does the night pull you in?

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Messenger of hope

“In order to be effective messengers of hope, we must begin by trusting our inner voice, an inner intuition that speaks into the vast wastelands of our time. This process requires training our imagination to see beyond tribal norms, to see the vista of the wider pastures of culture. …and trust that the Spirit is already at work there.” ~ Makoto Fujimura, Art +Faith

How do you learn to trust your inner voice?

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Woven fabric

The years, the months, the days, and the hours have flown by my open window. Here and there an incident, a towering moment, a naked memory, an etched countenance, a whisper in the dark, a golden glow these and much more are the woven fabric of the time I have lived. ~ Howard Thurman

What is woven into your fabric?

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Threshold

Sometimes we sit at a threshold, waiting for light or watching for the next step or a path to open up. Or simply to rest for a moment. Sit on the bench awhile — rest, watch, wait.

What emerges as you rest? What are you bringing to the threshold?