“The hallmark of the coming decades will be grief.” (Francis Weller) I’ve had an unsettled feeling lately, even though things in my life are going well. It’s like an absence, a loneliness for something that I didn’t know was gone. Lately I’m missing the hummingbirds, but their leaving is a scheduled departure, and my heartContinue reading “Watch This More than Once”
Category Archives: the Unknown
Do Not Ask Rock to Be Rain
Flower pushes through a crack in Rock, barely a crack, yet there it is, a Flower. Such a small fragile Being, to meet the challenge of Rock, to emerge into the light of day, its tiny self reaching bravely toward Sun. And Spirit says, “Dear One, you are growing in such a rocky place. YouContinue reading “Do Not Ask Rock to Be Rain”
A Dark and Unfamiliar Road
This morning I was up and out the door at 4 am. For much of the past year, this has been my practice, regardless of what time I wake. I get up and immediately go outside, before turning on the lights. I want to be able to see as well as I can, as wellContinue reading “A Dark and Unfamiliar Road”
On the Threshold of the Unknown
I love this post from the Centre for Action and Contemplation. We are all in a place of transition, whether we realize it or not. We all stand on a threshold not knowing what is on the other side of this door that is opening in our lives. Every one of us stands with ourContinue reading “On the Threshold of the Unknown”
Dad’s Grounding
For thousands of years, eclipses have been harbingers of chaos. Today, on the morning of the full moon, the lunar eclipse, and the American midterm election, I woke with a flash of dream: A card, white background, with enough of a green pattern that I thought of an Irish knot, and the words, in gold,Continue reading “Dad’s Grounding”
