A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
Be the radiator of peace. Go to the center of your inner being and radiate peace in every direction.
Our wings may be small but the ripples of the heart are infinite.
-Amit Ray, Compassion
From Well for the Journey Daily Reflection
In a Divided World, We Need to Choose Empathy
Jamil Zaki writes about losing a friendship over differing values but realizes that using empathy can restore relationships. Empathy unites individuals, relationships, and teams, says Zaki, but it also can be very fragile. Fortunately there are ways to reignite it.
Blood and Water Poured Out
“Sometimes the very thing that breaks your heart is also the thing that opens it to warmth and gratitude,” says Ron Rolheiser in this essay about dying. This happens in death, says Fr. Ron. “Our task, in the end, is to do what this man did, die in such a way that our going away is our final gift to those whom we love.”
More about Ron Rolheiser.
Choosing the Lowest Place
Jesus shows us the beauty of the downward path, “a path that leads to life and peace and to true greatness,” says Br. David Vryhof of the Society of St. John the Evangelist. Jesus lives a life of humility and teaches us how to do so. Humility is about acknowledging that all we have and all we possess proceeds solely from God’s generous love.
Gratitude And Acceptance
We can spend all of our time and energy obsessing over past mistakes or fearing what the future will bring. But neither of these option is good for us or for our world. Better to live consciously, moment by moment, giving thanks for each day’s gifts.
From Joanna Seibert.
Appreciation is Generative
When you tend what you value, what you value thrives. Appreciation allows you to become more intimate with what is. And it also changes what is.
Listen to the 3-minute meditation.
From Grateful Living.
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