do the work
Each of us in our own work, our own play,
can transform the earth,
can ring a thousand stars
with any insignificant
anonymous sacrament
of the commonplace…
This little bowl of tea
could bring peace to
all my ancestors,
to a hundred unborn
generations, if I hold it
tenderly, like a planet
in the vast ancient space
of my palm, sip darkly
without naming the flavor,
and taste nothing with my
mind but This…
then give thanks
with a breath of silence in
no hurry to go.
_________
Fred LaMotte
Your faith is not your steadfast belief,
not certainty beyond questions.
Your faith is not what you think of God
or God’s anointed, for you yourself
have done some powerful anointing.
Your faith is giving your gifts,
without questioning how valued they are,
without questioning how worthy you are,
but simply offering what is in you.
What saves you is knowing you are received
without price, without judgment.
The Savior’s love is indeed powerful,
but how precious
is what you have done for the Beloved.
God’s giving and receiving
are married in you.
All that is broken is forgiven,
all that is wounded is healed,
all that is offered is cherished.
All that is broken is forgiven,
all that is wounded is healed,
all that is offered is cherished.
__________________
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
we do not need to stay broken
healing is our natural state of being
once we are whole again
we must be aware of the release of our pain
and open ourselves to move
to the next natural state of living
we leave the brokenness behind
and dance in the light again
stronger than before
spreading our wings to fly
higher than we ever dared before!
🎁
AL
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