Find Your Middle Ground

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  • Inspiration for Hectic Hearts

    Inspiration for Hectic Hearts

    When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic,Time takes on the strain until it breaks;Then all the unattended stress falls inOn the mind like an endless, increasing weight. The light in the mind becomes dim.Things you could take in your stride beforeNow become laborsome events of will. Weariness invades your spirit.Gravity begins falling inside you,Dragging…

  • Our Warm Inner Hearth

    Our Warm Inner Hearth

    On a cold January day with snow still on the ground, I reached out for some warming John O’Donohue wisdom. I wasn’t disappointed! Let us all come home to our warm inner hearths. “In everyone’s inner solitude there is that bright and warm hearth. The idea of the unconscious, even though it is a very…

  • Beginnings

    Beginnings

    FOR A NEW BEGINNINGby John O’Donohue In out-of-the-way places of the heart,Where your thoughts never think to wander,This beginning has been quietly forming,Waiting until you were ready to emerge.  For a long time it has watched your desire,Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,Noticing how you willed yourself on,Still unable to leave what you had outgrown. …

  • Take Refuge in Your Senses

    Take Refuge in Your Senses

    “You have traveled too fast over false ground;Now your soul has come to take you back.Take refuge in your senses, open upTo all the small miracles you rushed through.Become inclined to watch the way of rainWhen it falls slow and free.Imitate the habit of twilight,Taking time to open the well of colorThat fostered the brightness…

  • Destiny, Rhythm – and a Mini Retreat

    Destiny, Rhythm – and a Mini Retreat

    The start of a new year is traditionally a time for reflection before we move into the growing light of possibilities. This is a time to Find your Middle Ground and tune in to what is calling to you. I will be hosting a Winter mini-retreat on Sunday January 22nd from 2.00pm – 3.30pm ET.…

  • The Mystery of Your Presence

    The Mystery of Your Presence

    “The mystery of your presence can never be reduced to your role, actions, ego, or image. You are an eternal essence; this is the ancient reason why you are here. To begin to get a glimpse of this essence is to come into harmony with your destiny and with the providence that always minds your…

  • Inspiration for Hectic Hearts

    When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic,Time takes on the strain until it breaks;Then all the unattended stress falls inOn the mind like an endless, increasing weight, The light in the mind becomes dim.Things you could take in your stride beforeNow become laborsome events of will. Weariness invades your spirit.Gravity begins falling inside you,Dragging…

  • The Mystery of Your Presence

    “The mystery of your presence can never be reduced to your role, actions, ego, or image. You are an eternal essence; this is the ancient reason why you are here. To begin to get a glimpse of this essence is to come into harmony with your destiny and with the providence that always minds your…

  • A Blessing of Solitude

    For those who are feeling  separate and alone today. Know that you are held in love, with these words from John O’Donohue. “May you recognize in your life the presence, power, and light of your soul. May you realize that you are never alone, that your soul in its brightness and belonging connects you intimately with…

  • Mindful Travel

    I am enjoying reacquainting myself with John O’Donohue’s wisdom. Enjoy this re-post 💛 May you travel in an awakened way, Gathered wisely into your inner ground; That you may not waste the invitations Which wait along the way to transform you. May you travel safely, arrive refreshed, And live your time away to its fullest;…

  • The Secret Heart of Time

    The Secret Heart of Time

      The secret heart of time is change and growth. Each new experience that awakens in you adds to your soul and deepens your memory. The person is always a nomad, journeying from threshold to threshold, into ever different experiences. In each new experience, another dimension of the soul unfolds. It is no wonder that…

  • Our Inner Hearth

    “In everyone’s inner solitude there is that bright and warm hearth. The idea of the unconscious, even though it is a very profound and wonderful idea, has sometimes frightened people away from coming back to their own hearth. We falsely understand the subconscious as the cellar where all of our repression and self-damage is housed.…

  • Living the Way a River Flows – or Not

    “I’d love to live the way a river flows carried by the surprise of its own unfolding” ~ John O’Donohue Me too John. Me too. When we are healthy and whole, our mind and body is able to adapt and adjust to what daily life brings. However, sometimes things happen in our past that really…

  • * Inspiration – For One Who is Exhausted

    When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic, Time takes on the strain until it breaks; Then all the unattended stress falls in On the mind like an endless, increasing weight, The light in the mind becomes dim. Things you could take in your stride before Now become laborsome events of will. Weariness invades your…

  • Inspiration – May you Awaken to the Mystery

    “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…