A Sense of Community, Part 1
One of the great treasures for many who walk the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James) is its sense of community. We instantly become part of the storyline and the legacy of thousands who have walked before us.…
Cathay
Blogtober 2021
I’m happy to share Blogtober 2021 from Laura’s Books and Blogs. My essay is included! Hope you enjoy it, as well as the others written by fellow bloggers.
To Live Fully
An old African proverb suggests “When death finds you, make sure it finds you alive.” What wonderful advice to live by! It’s inspiring to me. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t fear death, but I’m not inviting it either. This…
Decluttering the Soul
For some time I’ve been aware that we can clutter our minds, but it caught me off guard to realize that my soul can also be full of clutter. I was reading from Francis Weller’s The Wild Edge of Sorrow…
Time for a Re-Set
Change is inevitable. Always. As we learn and grow, we change. This week you can see the evidence of some of my learning and growing on my updated, newly designed website. I hope you will find it a little easier…
Have Patience
Patience. Let patience have her work in you. Let her draw you, mold you, settle you. Let patience take you from one moment to the next. It is not the unknowing that unsettles you, you know. It is the unbelieving.…
Welcome the Heat
So the sun is in your eyes, you say. It blinds you. You cannot see. It causes you to tear up and makes you to back away, to turn away. But no, my precious one. Do not turn away. Just…
Soar With Hope
Your longing . . . your desire . . .your reaching out for more . . . It is all from me. Pushing, pulling, drawing you to come out of the shell that has held you. Drawing you into this…
Unfolding of a New Day
Let the day unfold before you in surprise and wonder, my child. Let its charms sneak up on you as a child at play. Let it tap you gently on the shoulder to say, “Turn. Look. See what I have…
Give What You Treasure
Something for nothing. All over the world people look for what they might get, what they can gain. Yet who looks for what they might give, what they can contribute? Many live upside down in this thought. They are happy…