To place you in my heart may turn you into thought
I will not do that.
To hold you with my eyes may turn you into thorn.
I will not do that.
I will set you on my breath, so you will become my life.
Quote: Rumi
Tag: heart
Simply Lent 12…
“There is room for you here…”
Many wander, searching for a place to belong, without words to express their need or their fear. Let us be prepared to welcome them – remembering that we, too, joined this circle by taking the hand that reached for us.
Quote: Steven Charleston
Simply Lent 11…
The Well of Grief
Those who will not slip beneath
the still surface on the well of grief,
turning down through its black water
to the place we cannot breathe,
will never know the source from which we drink,
the secret water, cold and clear,
nor find in the darkness glimmering,
the small round coins,
thrown by those who wished for something else.
…
a friend who carries my story died this morning. Sudden, unexpected he is gone. I carry him into this quiet night, grateful for all we shared and sad for what is no more.
Poem: The Well of Grief in David Whyte: Essentials
Image: Evening on the Isis @David Whyte, Oxford May 2015
speaking from the heart
It takes courage to break through the masks we have co-constructed
and speak from the truth of our hearts.
Quote: Terry Patten
Image: Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu on the occasion of their meeting to write the Book of Joy
conscious of our treasures
We can only be said to be alive
in those moments when
our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
Quote: Thornton Wilder
Image: Melissa Askew
from Gratefulness.org
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