A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
The Thanksgiving Address (the Ohen:ton Karihwatehkwen) is the central prayer and invocation for the Haudenosaunee (also known as the Iroquois Confederacy or Six Nations — Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora). It reflects their relationship of giving thanks for life and the world around them.
“You can’t listen to the Thanksgiving Address without feeling wealthy,” says Robin Wall Kimmerer. “And, while expressing gratitude seems innocent enough, it is a revolutionary idea. In a consumer society, contentment is a radical proposition . . . . The Thanksgiving Address reminds you that you already have everything you need.”
Read this beautifully illustrated Thanksgiving Address.
Found at Grateful Living.
The WY Thanksgiving Celebration
Thursday, Nov. 17, 4 p.m. on Zoom
Join us for a litany of thanks and a time of prayer and community.
For the Zoom link, email Marjorie George at marjoriegeorge62@gmail.com. before 4 p.m. on Thursday.
Adverbs for Advent
How will we live Advent this year? Generously? Expectantly? Patiently? As we read daily meditations from Marilyn McEntye’s Adverbs for Advent, we’ll gather on Zoom weekly to share inspiration and encouragement. Advent begins November 27.
Find all the information and indicate your interest on our Wisdom Years website page.
Why You Should Write That Thank You Note
Your mother was right: you should write thank you notes. Researchers have found that writing as few as three weekly thank you notes over the course of three weeks improves life satisfaction, increases happy feelings and reduces symptoms of depression. And read Robinson Crusoe again for a model of gratitude in the face of what could have been despair.
Found in Daily Good.
Small Kindnesses
What if it’s the small everyday kindness we express and receive that is the true dwelling of the holy. Danusha Laméris calls such kindness “fleeting temples” that we make together.
From Awakin.
Living with Limitations
The CDC reports that 61 million adults have a disability that has a major impact on their lives. Joanna Seibert believes there is possibility of a “new pathway” in limitations that can open a new direction in becoming the person God created us to be.
From Joanna Seibert.
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Another lovely issue!!
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