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“You are trying to remember something too important to forget. Trees. The monastery bells at twilight.”
“Walk around feeling like a leaf. Know you could tumble any second. Then decide what to do with your time.”
The lines above are from the poem I posted earlier, The Art of Disappearing. Some of the [...] “Self-acceptance is the way to better health for you. Acceptance of yourself and who and how you are RIGHT NOW will bring less stress, less chaos, and less unstructured eating. All of this leads to happier, healthier Catharine.” Just thought I’d share! Working hard at school and struggling with an upcoming sermon. Hope to “see” [...] The night of our final CPE self-evaluation discussion, my group went out for dinner together to celebrate (at a fabulous, upscale, Kosher restaurant, by the by). Before that, though, we went to a nearby church and walked their Labyrinth. I love labyrinth meditation. Walking meditation appeals to me in general, and labyrinths most of all. [...] Presence, not perfection. Thanks to Steve Godwin, my dear anam cara, for helping draw this out. Presence, not perfection. Hello, friends. I don’t have much to say at this point, but thought it was important to explain that my absence is not due to blog fatigue or abandonment. Rather, I am grieving the death of my father. He died early in the morning of this pst Wednesday, and I have been with family ever [...] Please Call Me By My True Names — Thich Nhat Hahn Don’t say that I will depart tomorrow – even today I am still arriving. Look deeply: every second I am arriving to be a bud on a Spring branch, to be a tiny bird, with still-fragile wings, learning to sing in my new nest, [...] |
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