Beginning Again, Again
Art by: Tracy Helgeson
For the Road to Santiago by David Whyte
“For the road to Santiago,
don’t make new declarations
about what to bring
and what to leave behind.
Bring what you have.
You were always going
that way anyway,
you were always
going there all along.”
No New Year’s Resolutions, as we traditionally think of them, is what this poem says to me.
The Wonder and Mystery of the "Negatives" in our Lives.
*Art by Hilma af Klint
I penned a version of this essay on Mother's Day 2021. I invite us to consider the idea of finding our way into appreciating the gifts hidden in our impossible life situations, those things we cannot change, but deeply wish we could.
Resurrection 2020: We are the ones we have been waiting for...
Art by: Hilma af Klint
A HOPI ELDER SPEAKS
“You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour.
Now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour. And there are things to be considered…
Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?
Know your garden.
It is time to speak your Truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for the leader.”
There is always more to the story than meets the eye ~
Art by: Maurice Sapiro
The Winter Woods by Parker Palmer
The winter woods beside a solemn
river are twice seen—
once as they pierce the brittle air,
once as they dance in grace beneath the stream.
"Always we hope someone else has the answer, some other place will be better...
Art by: Camilla West
“Always we hope
someone else has the answer, some other place will be better,
some other time, it will turn out
… This is it.”
Pema Chodran