Some Words to Meet our Sorrow and our Gratitude
“Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally.
The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you.”
~ L.R.Knost
Slowly
she celebrated the sacrament of letting go.
First she surrendered her green,
then the orange, yellow, and red
finally she let go of her brown.
Shedding her last leaf
she stood empty and silent, stripped bare.
Leaning against the winter sky
she began her vigil of trust.
Shedding her last leaf
she watched its journey to the ground.
She stood in silence
wearing the color of emptiness,
her branches wondering;
How do you give shade with so much gone?
And then,
the sacrament of waiting began.
The sunrise and sunset watched with tenderness.
Clothing her with silhouettes
they kept her hope alive.
They helped her understand that
her vulnerability,
her dependence and need,
her emptiness,
her readiness to receive
were giving her a new kind of beauty.
Every morning and every evening they stood in silence
and celebrated together
the sacrament of waiting.
– Macrina Wiederkehr, The Sacrament of Waiting
The Daily Flame
Lissa Rankin, MD.
Inner Pilot Light Manifesto
May I always know wherever I am, I am home.
Help me surrender to my Inner Pilot Light, so that my mind can relax and my heart can lead the way.
Remind me to listen to the subtle whispers that guide my path.
Strengthen me to muster up the courage to follow my guidance, even when it is scary.
Fill me with the peace of knowing that I am the one I’ve been waiting for.
May that which illuminates me heal and unblock all physical, emotional, mental and spiritual illness.
Help me choose love, especially when I am challenged to stay in love.
Support my generosity with clear boundaries and healthy self-respect.
Use me as a vessel of pure service, but don’t let me give when I am not resourced.
May divine abundance shower upon me so I may fill myself and pour the overflow onto those in need.
When the muse uses me, help me always remain humble and give credit where credit is due.
Let my light attract the light within others so I may be blessed with a healthy soul tribe
Make me a blessing to those around me.
Protect me from ever abusing the power of my Inner Pilot Light’s luminescence
Allow the fire that burns through me to ignite and offer grace to a world in need of love.
When it is my time, let me leave this world with the song within me fully expressed
Let me bow in devotion to the eternal flame which flows through me
May I always remember that love is who I am.
Wisdom is continuity, a ripple from the heart of infinity – a wave of consciousness that will never stop, nor vanish. A wave that expands through the veils of time, of civilizations, stars and galaxies – a continuity of essence that forever emerges into the endless forms of its creative dance.
Riding the crest of this wave is one surfer, rising with it tall and graceful, her hair luminous with passion, as if she was its breath, its vision and purpose. Her name, as we know it, is LOVE.
— Yoram Weis, Purpose Catalyst,
“ May you awaken to the mystery of being here and enter the quiet immensity of your own presence.
May you have joy and peace in the temple of your senses.
May you receive great encouragement when new frontiers beckon.
May you respond to the call of your gift and find the courage to follow its path.
May the flame of anger free you from falsity.
May the warmth of heart keep your presence aflame and
May anxiety never linger about you.
May your outer dignity mirror an inner dignity of soul.
May you take time to celebrate the quiet miracles that seek no attention.
May you be consoled in the secret symmetry of your soul.
May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder.”
John O’Donahue