Letting go and be…
Falling leaves,
freeing the view to
what lies beyond.
What is fall inviting you to let go off? How is fall inviting you to let be?
Falling leaves
Beneath the storm
Let there be
an opening
into the quiet
that lies beneath
the chaos,
where you find the peace
you did not think
possible
and see what shimmers
within the storm.” Jan Richardson, The Cure For Sorrow
What do you discover beneath the chaos?
Dazzling
Still, what I want in my life
is to be willing
to be dazzled —
to cast aside the weight of facts
and maybe even
to float a little
above this difficult world.
I want to believe I am looking
into the white fire of a great mystery.
I want to believe that the imperfections are nothing —
that the light is everything — that it is more than the sum
of each flawed blossom rising and fading. And I do. Mary Oliver
What does it take to be dazzled?
Sometimes
Sometimes you need the ocean light and colors you’ve never seen before painted through the evening sky.
Sometimes you need your God to be a simple invitation… David Whyte
What invitation do you need?
Sky
The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims God’s handiwork.” -Psalm 19:1
“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the wind longs to play with your hair.” Khalil Gibran
How do you receive the abundant beauty of creation?
A tiny dot of blue
A tiny dot of blue in the grey and cloudy sky. An opening. A promise.
“In our anxiety to limit ourselves to that which we can comprehend definitely, we are losing all that is above, beyond, below, through, past, over that small area encompassed by our conscious mind” Madeleine L’Engle
How do you limit yourself? How does God break through?
With the Eyes of the Heart 