When the Time is Ripe

“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:

pinecone

Shadow of the Week – shamrock shadows:

shamrkshdw

 

Text and photos © 2016 Karyn Henley. All rights reserved.

For my posts on coming of age in a community of faith, link here.

 

Like Steps of Passing Ghosts

 

 

Like Steps of Passing Ghosts

“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:

clwyorblm

Shadow of the Week:

grassshdwbrick

 

For my posts on coming of age in a community of faith, link here.

 

Text and photos © 2016 Karyn Henley. All rights reserved.

 

Shifty Wind, Secret Stories

 

 

 

Shifty Wind, Secret Stories

“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:

clwytalltree

Shadow of the Week, dripping over stone:

shdwstnwall

 

Text and photos © 2016 Karyn Henley. All rights reserved.

For my posts on coming of age in a community of faith, link here.

What Ships Are Built For

 

“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:

trtlclwy

Shadow of the Week:

hrtlfshdw

 

Text and photos © 2016 Karyn Henley. All rights reserved.

For my posts on coming of age in a community of faith, link here.

Breathless With Adoration

 

 

 

Breathless With Adoration

“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:

rdnryelflr

Shadow of the Week:

fthryshdw2

For my posts on coming of age in a community of faith, link here.

Text and photos © 2016 Karyn Henley. All rights reserved.

 

 

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