Everything belongs and everything can be received. We don't have to deny, dismiss, defy, or ignore. What is, is okay. What is, is the great teacher. And at the bottom of what is is always goodness. Richard Rohr
Painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
You are beautiful
In the dark.
In the light.
In the goodness.
In the fright.
In joy.
In sadness.
When you feel alive.
When you feel a deadness.
When you know.
When you don't.
When you will.
When you won't.
You're just beautiful in each and every moment of your life.
Your heart is of the beautiful kind.
Anonymous
Winter solstice. A time to ponder lightness and darkness. We all have a dark side; let's love it.
Photo by Alfred Steiglitz
Wisdom Within
"I knew that my clients' healing was not dependent of my pithy insights and interpretation, but rather on their ability to bring compassionate witnessing to their inner worlds." Susan McConnell
Photograph by Volkmar Wentzel, National Geographic
I agree with Susan McConnell; it is my job to reintroduce people to their own wisdom. The way "in" varies, but the goal is the same. Listening is key.
Photograph by Edward Weston
"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved;
loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."
Victor Hugo
Join the Caravan
Come, come, whoever you are.
Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving -- it doesn't matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come, even if you have broken your vow a hundred times,
Come, come again, come.
Rumi
Come Closer...
At a distance you only see my light... come closer and know that I am you
Rumi
Spring
Spring!
A nameless hill
in the haze.
Matsuo Basho
Shall we look ahead to warmer days and flower buds, or be here now -- noticing.....?
Astonishing Light
"I wish I could show you
When you are lonely or in darkness
the astonishing light of your own being."
Hafiz
I echo Hafiz's words; in my work as a somatic therapist, I try to show people the "astonishing light of (their) own being." What does the light of your own being look (or feel) like?
Light
For the darkness is fading away, and the true light is already shining.
1 John 2:8
Photograph by Jakob Wagner
