Monday, January 26, 2015
Reaching Out...Reaching In
We need to see what we can do for others in life if we are to have joy within us. For it is in living lives open to others that we find our own true selves. --Robert J. Wicks
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Marathon Lamentation
"The fact that a man runs 20 miles good and the last 5 miles bad is the very reason a good many men do not get any medals for running marathon races."
-- Johnny Hayes, Winner of the 1908 Olympic Marathon
-- Johnny Hayes, Winner of the 1908 Olympic Marathon
Sunday, January 11, 2015
from the poem--Coleman's Bed
stay in this place
until the current of the story
is strong enough
to float you out
a line by David Whyte in the collection, River Flow
Reflection:
It may be that the current must be strong enough to float you out, but other times, like in this video (and I recommend turning the sound off and watching silently) the hydraulic and the eddy are very strong currents and keep the raft stuck in the same place and only when the raft slips into weaker currents, a more subtle flow, does the raft slip away, free to move downstream and onto the next season of the journey.
Are you pushing too hard? Against forces that are too much for you to bow up against?
Why not try simply relaxing and surfing for these moments and wait for the necessary strong or weak currents? Wait for the flow to float you out.
until the current of the story
is strong enough
to float you out
a line by David Whyte in the collection, River Flow
Reflection:
It may be that the current must be strong enough to float you out, but other times, like in this video (and I recommend turning the sound off and watching silently) the hydraulic and the eddy are very strong currents and keep the raft stuck in the same place and only when the raft slips into weaker currents, a more subtle flow, does the raft slip away, free to move downstream and onto the next season of the journey.
Are you pushing too hard? Against forces that are too much for you to bow up against?
Why not try simply relaxing and surfing for these moments and wait for the necessary strong or weak currents? Wait for the flow to float you out.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Friday, January 9, 2015
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
The Gift of Presence
"Presence" is truly one of the best gifts we can offer to others in need. The value of presence to another person should not be understated. When we sit with people in the darkness and "help them cry" we model hope and new possibilities in ways even we sometimes don't realize.
from Snow Falling on Snow by Robert Wicks
from Snow Falling on Snow by Robert Wicks
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