A Blessing for Our Shadows*Holy One who embraces all,help us to grow in intimacy with the shadow parts of ourselves: the shame, the resentment, the too-bigness, the longings for things that seem out of reach, all that we resist and reject and project onto others.
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Kathleen Bolduc’s reflection Unplugged. As a spiritual director and retreat leader, I love to guide retreatants in unplugging from technology and plugging
A Blessing for the Underworld Journey*Holy One who is ever-present,even in our darkest nights anddescents to the underworld, bless us with a felt sense of your abidingas life strips away all our comfortsand securities, everything we thought we needed. Help us to build our enduranceand
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Thank you all, Mary Oliver does say it best, doesn’t she? And yes, Songbird, I would say that definitely counts. :-)
Happy Thanksgiving Christine and John. Bette stole all my material, but know that MANY of us feel the same way! Blessings!
I hope it counts to walk in the woods and get mud on my boots! And that you had a beautiful day. Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
I’m grateful for our Art, Nature, and Poetry, especially because they bring people together and form Friendship.
This poem by Mary Oliver is perfect. Thank you for sharing it!
HUGS
And Thanksgiving blessings to you, in whatever form you give or receive them!
To you, as well.