This is a collaborative group collage that some friends and I did a few years ago in the autumn for the intention of making cards for Amma’s Circle of Love Letter Writing…
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This is a collaborative group collage that some friends and I did a few years ago in the autumn for the intention of making cards for Amma’s Circle of Love Letter Writing…
Continue reading All Day, All Night, Music
“Eternal One who circles the seasons with ease, teach me about Earth’s natural cycle of turning from one season to another. Remind me often of how she opens herself to the dying and rising rotations, the coming and the going of each of the four seasons. Open me today to the teachings of the season of autumn.
When I accept only the beautiful and reject the tattered, torn parts of who I am, when I treat things that are falling apart as my enemies, walk me among the dying leaves, let them tell me about their power to energize Earth’s soil by their decomposition and their formation of enriching humus.
When I fear the loss of my youthfulness and refuse to accept the reality of aging, turn my face to the brilliant colors of autumn trees, open my spirit to the mellow resonance of autumn sunsets and the beauty of the changing land.
When I refuse to wait with the mystery of the unknown, when I struggle to keep control rather than to let life evolve,
wrap me in the darkening days of autumn and encourage me to wait patiently for clarity and vision as I live with uncertainty and insecurity.
When I grow tired of using my own harvest of gifts to benefit others, take me to the autumn fields where Earth shares the bounty of summer and allows her lands to surrender their abundance.”
—from “Circle of Life” by Joyce Rupp and Macrina Wiederkehr
“all of nature says “yes””
spring-summer-early fall, the leaves open to the light
collecting light for the tree
nourishing the trunk, the branches, me
collecting light for the roots
so when autumn and winter rains and cold comes
there is stored light in the roots
for the short days and long nights
first camellia of the autumn
smiling hello as I leave my home
heart-centered, glowing gold,
reminding me
of the heart of forgiveness
God gives us in our magic toolkit…
expanding heart
pushing out hurts
creating space
freedom
for God’s grace to flow
giving lightness of being
purifying
bringing gift of joy
Continue reading Heart of Forgiveness
autumn reflecting pond
looking to see what is real, what isn’t, what is eternal
harvesting the gifts…
seeing the magic
transformation
letting go of what is no longer useful
Continue reading Reflection Pond
white fuzzy seeds blowing in the air
some have become integral with these dying leaves
reminding me of the parable of the seed
the Word
for these leaves
these Words are softening the letting go process
their faith lighting the way
~
some words that are sticking in my head from a song we sung today at church…
This is a collaborative Group Collage on the theme of transitions at my friend Christine’s birthday party.
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dancing on a string of spider web by my front door. . .
” We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.”
-Chuang Tzu
This is available as a greeting card on Etsy.
“To know when you have enough is to be rich beyond measure.”
– Lao Tzu
Continue reading We Already Have Enough
This is a digital photo collage inspired by Mother Nature and the wonder of the glass-art-making at Chihuly Exhibit at De Young Museum.
“Let yourself go, and let God be in you.”
-Meister Eckhart
Continue reading Grace of Letting Go