A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
One discovers the light in darkness…but everything in our lives depends on how we bear the light. It is necessary, while in darkness, to know that there is a light somewhere, to know that in oneself, waiting to be found, there is a light.
-James Baldwin, Nothing Personal
The 5 Kinds of Love We Often Overlook
Romantic love gets all the attention, but there are many ways to love, and not all of them involve a sexual partner, says Marisa Cohen. Most of us give and receive more love than we realize. Look at these five ways to experience love.
From Happify Daily.
An Unusual Gift From My Grandfather
Her grandfather always brought her such unusual gifts. The little cup full of dirt she could not play with seemed senseless to her. But she watered it every day just as her grandfather had told her to do. Then one day something unusual happened. She still thinks it was her first lesson in the power of service.
From Daily Good.
Writing a Better Story
Singer, songwriter, and poet Carrie Newcomer reflects on the stories of her life and comes up with a new storyline, in reflection and in song. “I can tell a story of love or a story of fear. I’m choosing each day to smooth down that clean page and tell a better story,” she says. What might your better story be?
From Daily Good.
Trusting Our Essential Self to God
Immense humility, not arrogance, characterizes someone who lives in his or her essential self. Richard Rohr calls it “the true self.” In this position, says Rohr, “You simultaneously know you are a child of God, but you also know that you didn’t earn it and you are not worthy of it. You know it’s entirely a gift.”
Working-Class Spirituality
Joanna Seibert reflects on the admonition of Bishop Steven Charleston that Christianity is not a spectator sport. “Eventually, all our spiritual practices connecting us to God will be calling us to some action, reaching out of ourselves in some way.”
About Joanna Seibert.
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