Julia Ferenbacher’s Sunday Spark a couple of weeks ago was to pay homage to the recently deceased poet Wendell Berry. She suggested that we use his poem How To Be A Poet as a prompt. Through September, I’m focusing on the theme of Connection and I believe that Kindness is…
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Connection : A Home Inside Myself
I am making a home inside myself. A shelterof kindness where everythingis forgiven, everything allowed—a quiet patchof sunlight to stretch out without hurry,where all that has been banishedand buried is welcomed, spoken, listened to—released. – Julia Fehrenbacher My theme for September has been Connection. It seemed such a natural follow…
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What I Learned About Gentleness In August
During my meditation today, the instruction was to silently repeat: My body always knows, and I am ready to listen. I nearly missed the words as they were spoken. Yet, there was something within them that caused me to take notice. My body always knows. Is that so? And if…