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May 9: Resilience – Pilgrimage of Resurrection
A Creative Journey through the Easter Season

Pilgrimage of Ressurection

Word for Today: Resilience

May 9 - ResilienceBy staying present to the discomfort of life we grow in our resilience and our ability to recover from the deep wounds that life will offer us.

—Christine Valters Paintner, The Soul of a Pilgrim: Eight Practices for the Journey Within

Reflective Question: Can you embrace all the vulnerable places inside yourself, and in the process grow in compassion for both yourself and others?

 

 


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