A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
“A cherry tree doesn’t compare itself to other trees,” said Big Panda, “it just blossoms.”
-James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon
Found in Well for the journey
Organizing With Love
Author Adrienne Maree Brown is a fan of mushrooms and dandelions because they are both so resilient. Humans are like that when they are engaging out of love. Perhaps humans’ core function is love, says Brown.
From Awakin.
Our Cornerstone Spiritual Practice
Peace is our starting point in life, not its goal. “Peace is our rock of stability when all is in chaos and mountains slip into the sea,” says Bob Holmes. “Peace is the Christ energy in our hearts that holds all things together, connecting us into this Christ soaked universe at its quantum energetic source.”
From Contemplative Monk.
Ask, Search, Knock… and Wait
Jesus tells us to ask, search, and knock in the Gospel of Matthew (7:7-8). But what if we ask and receive nothing, or search and don’t find, or knock and the door remains closed. Asking, searching, and knocking bring us to a vulnerable stance, and vulnerability is the experience of uncertainty.
God’s Inexhaustibility
“For all of us,” says Fr. Ron Rolheiser, “there are times in life when we seem to lose hope, when we look at the world or at ourselves and, consciously or unconsciously, think: ‘It’s too late! This has gone too far! Nothing can redeem this! All the chances to change this have been used up! It’s hopeless!’”
From Ron Rolheiser.
God’s Presence
God is never absent. Never, ever, ever. We need to remind ourselves about this every day, every moment. We are never alone. The vastness of God’s presence and love is more incredible than we can know, feel, or imagine.
From Joanna Seibert.
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