A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
Hold on to what is good, even if it’s a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe, even if it’s a tree that stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do, even if it’s a long way from here.
Hold on to your life, even if it’s easier to let go.
Hold on to my hand, even if someday I’ll be gone away from you.
-Pueblo Prayer
Found in Well for the Journey
A Cloud Never Dies
Thich Nhat Hanh introduced the concept of mindfulness in his home country of Vietnam and the entire world. His inspiration was his experience of war in his own young life in Vietnam. “A Cloud Never Dies” tells the story of this humble young Vietnamese monk and poet whose wisdom and compassion were forged in the suffering of war.
Watch the biographical video. (It is about 30 minutes long.)
From Karmatube.
There Are Many Voices Beside Ours
For Native Americans, interrupting someone who is talking is seen as bad manners or even stupidity. “People should regard their words as seeds says Ella Cara Deloria, a Yankton Dakota educator. “They should sow them, and then allow them to grow in silence.”
From Awakin.
The Eight Kinds of Humility to Help You Stay Grounded
Most cultures value humility as a virtue to be emulated. Humility teaches us to see that there is always more to learn and different perspectives to be considered. This articles offers eight different varieties of humility to think about and learn from.
Found in Daily Good.
Gratitude Lists Didn’t Work For Me
Writer Andrea Gibson confesses that “what we are truly craving can only be found with gratitude, and what taught me to be grateful was not what’s sweet about this life, but what’s sour.”
From Grateful Living.
God is not a Cosmic Egotist
What response is there to God’s staggering generosity in the act of creation? What do we give back to the one who gave us everything? “We give thanks. We bow in honor. We dare to draw near — boldly, because permission has been granted, and trembling because God is infinite personal energy and only fools approach that lightly,” says Brian Morykon of Renovare.
From Renovare.
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