God seems to have hidden holiness and wholeness in a secret place where only the humble will find it. ~ Richard Rohr, Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps (p. 2). Legends, fables, parables. Truths are found in simple stories […]
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Listen. Bow. Lean.
When criticism comes, listen. When powerful forces push you in any direction, bow rather than fight, lean rather than break, and allow yourself to be free from a rigid set of rules— in so doing, you’ll be preserved and unbroken. […]
Continue reading »The Ticking Clock
I’ve sat here, hours each week, more than twenty-three years, same room, same clock. I lay on a table last Friday, thinking, opening, praying. I asked for greater awareness of my surroundings, better usage of my senses. Maybe it’s not […]
Continue reading »Recovery Is Like the Birds
A friend of mine from half a continent away stood at my kitchen window looking at the bird feeder I’d put up in her honor and named birds there, in my yard, I’d never heard of. I told her once […]
Continue reading »The God Box
The burden of the world bends you, breaks you, leaves you looking at dirt… sometimes with it in your mouth. That burden, insurmountable, but transferrable. Simple. Commit the concern to writing. Designate a container your God Box. Insert the writing […]
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