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New York through the Lense – Vivienne Gucwa
I watch the dark skein swerve and wheel
and return to its purpose,
each bird defined
against a misty grey sky.
The rain-stained glass
and traffic noise
keep me from their calls,
and I feel apart
from life itself.
Rhythms and drives
are sanitised and commoditised,
rituals removed
more and more
from root and purpose.
The outstretched necks
and curves of wings
are living shorthand messages
for those, like me,
without direction,
left behind
to the hard shoulders and cold hearts
of a lost people.
Nancy Somerville, ‘Wild Geese Flying South’, from Pushing the Boat Out: New Poetry , Wild Goose Publications, Kathy Galloway (ed.), 1995
We have been sent into the world to be living witnesses of God’s unconditional love. – Henri Nouwen
Instead of putting others down, try improving yourself
instead. The only person you have a right to compete with is
you. In the meantime, treat others how you’d like to be
treated. One trait that some of the best (communicators) share
is empathy. A couple of kind words can not only make a
person’s day, but earn you a friend and supporter for life.
For the rest of the week, whenever you see someone you want to
judge negatively, pay them a compliment instead. See what
happens. – Neil Strauss
think about what really matters
Manchester, Georgia – Pinterest
98% of the world’s people are spending 98% of their time on things that don’t matter.
– Neale Donald Walsh
the ‘pour-out-your’ bucket list
The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone,
but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.
– Kalu Kalu
Ann Voskamp’s writes on her blog yesterday over at A Holy Experience was her thoughts on Bucket Lists –
I’ve never had a bucket list, and I’m thinking that I don’t want a bucket list as much as I want a poured bucket list. I’m thinking:
The best lives don’t have Bucket Lists as much as they have Empty Bucket lists.
Because the thing is when I kick the bucket, I don’t want there to be anything left in my bucket. When I kick the bucket, I want the bucket right empty.
I don’t want my life to be how I took experiences — but that I gave exceedingly.
That I gave every last drop, that I poured it all out, that I held nothing back. Because the way to really live is not to try to fill your life up — but to spill your life out.
“Where do you want to go?” the editor urges.
“What do you want to see — and, most important, with whom? Then just do it! Figure out a way to make it happen, and 20 years from now, you will not be disappointed. As we have the opportunity to check items off the list, not only are we given fantastic stories to share, but we also gain memories that will last a lifetime.”
This is what has changed me: writing thanks down on the list — and who can hoard their life when they see the abundance of His grace?
I hold the magazine in both hands and it’s unexpected — how wild I feel to rewrite this whole thing:
The question is really is not what you want to see — but who do you want to serve — and yes, most importantly, for Whom. Then do that!
read the full post at http://www.aholyexperience.com/2012/08/best-bucket-list/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HolyExperience+%28Holy+Experience%29
I concur!
The secret to life is to begin living with thankfulness for a glimpse of grace – and then finding that EVERYTHING is grace!
How then can we not pour out our lives for this gift, this love beyond our human comprehension, we have been so richly and freely given?
I want to live to be 100!
This is actually a surprise to me. I have been so busy surviving over the past 47 years, I haven’t really faced the truth of how long I want to live. In fact, I don’t think I meant to, but in the back of somewhere, I don’t think I believed I was going to live a long and happy life.
I have just tried to live thankfully in each moment, but I haven’t looked ahead.
Last night, reading Love, Medicine & Miracles, by Dr. Bernie S. Siegel, I faced that surprising fact, and made the decision! Yes! I want to live to be 100!
I want the next 53 good and happy years to connect with community and live all the lessons I have learned through these hard years. I want to love my children and (coming sometime) grandchildren! I want life!!! haha It makes me giddy just to write it and read it back to myself! Lalala! I want to
So, once again, I think about how I need to do that! I know I need to eat healthier, drink more water and EXERCISE!!!! I must take care of my body and treat it with respect and honor if it is going to be my home for the next 53 years! It is interesting how differently I am already thinking this morning, having realized this choice! So exciting!
http://him.uk.msn.com/health-and-fitness/surprising-tips-for-living-to-100
new every morning
Renew, release, let go. Yesterday’s gone. There’s nothing you
can do to bring it back. You can’t ‘should’ve’ done something.
You can only DO something. Renew yourself. Release that
attachment. Today is a new day!
– Steve Maraboli
Creator of the Universe,
Loving Mystery, Womb of Silence,
you have brought me out of the narrows
into a broad and spacious place.
I will not return to confinement,
but remain here in your generous freedom.
I guard the silence at the center;
I hold the moment empty and open.
I breathe in,
and make sanctuary in my body for you.
I make room in my thoughts
for you to enter and be at peace.
I offer openings in my day,
where you may rest.
I create space in my living
for you alone.
I enter the holy of holies
where you make of this moment
the void of Creation,
the gift of Sabbath.
Amen.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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