“Time ripens all things.
No man is born wise.”
– Miguel de Cervantes –
Take the time to nourish peace and cultivate loving kindness. Carry the calm.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week – shamrock shadows:
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“Listen . . .
With faint dry sound,
Like steps of passing ghosts,
The leaves, frost-crisp’d, break from the trees
And fall.”
– Adelaide Crapsey –
Nourish peace, cultivate loving kindness, and carry the calm.
Nature of the week – blooms and berries:
Shadow of the Week:
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“Already it is October, and the wind blows strong to the sea
from the hills where snow must have fallen,
the wind is polished with snow.”
– D.H. Lawrence, “Butterfly” –
The shifty wind
swirls with stories –
a girl’s kite plucked high,
a beachcomber’s hair ruffled,
a gardener’s hat tossed into the rose bush,
a cafe awning dismantled,
a dog’s nose kissed.
Secret stories
shared with the wind.
“Here’s a hint,”
it whispers,
brushing past
polished with snow,
laden with rain,
woven with wood smoke.
Hush. Hush.
Listen. Listen.
It’s your story too.
Again from D.H. Lawrence: “[T]he wind blows strong . . . from the hills where snow must have fallen, the wind is polished with snow.” How beautiful it would be if people who meet us could say, “She lives strong in a place where calm must have settled. Her spirit is polished with peace.”
Nourish peace, cultivate loving kindness, and carry the calm.
Nature of the week – looking up and up and up:
Shadow of the Week, dripping over stone:
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For my posts on coming of age in a community of faith, link here.
“A ship in harbor is safe
– but that’s not what ships are built for.”
– Cathy Yardley –
Happy Columbus Day!
Nourish peace, cultivate loving kindness, sail on, and carry the calm harbor within you.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
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For my posts on coming of age in a community of faith, link here.
“It is a beauteous evening, calm and free;
The holy time is quiet as a Nun
Breathless with adoration; the broad sun
Is sinking down in his tranquility . . .”
– William Wordsworth –
Evening, morning, afternoon – any time of day and any length of time, even a single minute, can be holy time. We make it so by paying attention, by pausing in breathless adoration, by settling, if only for a moment, into tranquility.
Nourish peace, cultivate loving kindness, and carry the calm.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
For my posts on coming of age in a community of faith, link here.
Text and photos © 2016 Karyn Henley. All rights reserved.