I laid down today and you laid with me. My eyes closed inside, although I was resting upright. My grasp loosened, my hold let go. If this is what its like to die or be at peace with not knowing, then good. I trust. All is well. All manner of things I count to … More A Poem: Trust
To awake to you, is my prayer. I don’t want to miss a moment asleep, if I can be more aware of you near. To be close in proximity but ignorant of your presence, what grief. Instead, I want to be as a bird alighting on a branch, or a leaf on the wind. Always … More A Poem: Awake
He who sits outside time wraps us in light. We, a globe suspended in the sky, are circled by the saints. We circle the centre of our solar system’s place, in an ancient universe growing every day. Yet we are still firmly and tenderly held. Secured by laws of gravity, and grace. We, who … More A Poem: The Communion of the Saints
We are broken But we are entirely intact We are shattered but still in one piece We are grieving but still wholly complete We are lost but found We leave the throng and arrive in Him We run but never for long We look left, or right within and without He is always there, waiting … More A Poem: Inside Out
Oh Lord you are too Holy. How do we become clean? Not by our own efforts do you assure me, but by immersing ourselves into the holy stream. Oh holy stream, wash over my stains. So that when my God looks at me he sees not the dirt of my hands; not my sullied self … More A Poem: Eden
“When I choose happiness, I am not denying the pain of this world. I am refusing to give into it.” Jennifer Dukes Lee, ‘The Happiness Dare’ “It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” Brother David Steind-Rast “One grateful thought is a ray of sunshine. A hundred such … More Daily Inspiration, 4 May 17
“For although he is right with us and in and out of us and all through us, we have to go on journeys to find him.” Thomas Merton Each moment contains a hundred messages from God. For every cry of “Oh God!” He answers a hundred times “I am Here!” Rumi Don’t expect to arrive … More Daily Inspiration 27 Apr 17
“Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.” Sogyal Rinpoche “But the spiritual truth that leads to freedom is the truth that we belong not to the world but to God, … More Daily Inspiration, 25 Apr 17
Everything is thank you if you look carefully. The trees that lose their leaves still raise their limbs. The earth farewells the sun, and moves around again. Those we love draw tears and smiles from us in unison. Everything is grace, and begins again. We know this because each new day speaks of redemption. Because … More A Poem: Thank you – an Easter Reflection
“Our hearts and minds desire clarity. We like to have a clear picture of a situation, a clear view of how things fit together, and clear insight into our own and the world’s problems. But just as in nature colours and shapes mingle without clear-cut distinctions, human life doesn’t offer the clarity we are looking … More Daily Inspiration, 30 Mar 17
Living Tree Poetry 