A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
The one you are seeking is also seeking you. In his eyes, you are the pearl of great price, for whom he is prepared to give all.
-Br. Geoffrey Tristram
Society of Saint John the Evangelist
Our Path
For every path, there is someone who has walked it before us and left signs pointing the way. Now, in our time, what can we leave the coming generation on the paths they will walk?
Read the essay from Joanne Seibert.
Found in Daily Something from Joanna Seibert.
Spirituality and the Second Half of Life
When we are young, we struggle with the temptations of the devil and the energies of youth. But when we are old, we struggle with God. Our task in the second half of life is to let go of all that we have legitimately acquired and move toward nakedness, says Ron Rolheiser.
Found on Ron Rolheiser blog.
Why Having a Good Listener Can Boost Brain Health
Research shows what we instinctively know – there is nothing like a good friend to talk to. It’s good for our souls and good for our brains. Those who have good friends to talk to have higher cognitive abilities.
Found in Happify Daily.
There Are Songs
Singer/songwriter Barbara McAfee starts each day with a five mile walk and a jump in a cold, clear river. Then she gathers from nature the sounds and sights that inspire her songs.
Read the lovely essay and be sure to watch the video.
Found in Daily Good.
To Have Without Holding
Learning to love differently is hard,
love with the hands wide open, love
with the doors banging on their hinges,
the cupboard unlocked, the wind
roaring and whimpering in the rooms
rustling the sheets and snapping the blinds
that thwack like rubber bands
in an open palm.
Found in Daily Good.
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