Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Opening to Grace
Every week I've been striving for a different focus in my Sunday night yoga session. Of all the yoga classes and teachers I have had, the one that impacted me the most always set an intention for the work we would do in that hour. This resonated with me right away. Not only was I able to bring more ease to the practice but also became more open to surrendering myself spiritually to the poses.
This week we'll focus on opening ourselves up to grace.
There is something intuitively powerful about the word grace. It holds within it an intrinsic beauty of expansion. When we extend grace to ourselves, we cannot keep it from others. We can find grace within and we can also channel it from beyond ourselves. Accepting grace is an act of surrender to a benevolent source that seeks to watch all things grow and develop into what the cosmic orchestra has ordained for them to be.
Grace can catch us unaware. We feel it when we share in the joy and pain of another. It washes over us and cleanses as it moves. Grace is like a benediction. A prayer for peace. For mercy. For forgiveness. It is a call to compassion and charity. Grace abounds. It is limitless, a cup that over-flows.
So today, give thanks for all that has been so richly bestowed upon you. Allow and accept the generosity of all that is graceful to be yours. Abide in grace.
This week we'll focus on opening ourselves up to grace.
There is something intuitively powerful about the word grace. It holds within it an intrinsic beauty of expansion. When we extend grace to ourselves, we cannot keep it from others. We can find grace within and we can also channel it from beyond ourselves. Accepting grace is an act of surrender to a benevolent source that seeks to watch all things grow and develop into what the cosmic orchestra has ordained for them to be.
Grace can catch us unaware. We feel it when we share in the joy and pain of another. It washes over us and cleanses as it moves. Grace is like a benediction. A prayer for peace. For mercy. For forgiveness. It is a call to compassion and charity. Grace abounds. It is limitless, a cup that over-flows.
So today, give thanks for all that has been so richly bestowed upon you. Allow and accept the generosity of all that is graceful to be yours. Abide in grace.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Aspiring
I'm pondering tonight. There is so much shit going on in the world. And here I sit in the comfort and peace of my living room a million miles away from dictators, civil war, thwarted human rights, earthquakes, tsunami aftermath and the threat of nuclear reactor melt-down. It would seem the Chinese curse of "may you live in interesting times" couldn't be more applicable.
Last night I watched the documentary Force of Nature/ David Suzuki. I was moved to tears several times by this biography of such a thoughtful, intelligent, perceptive, humble man. Suzuki oozes passion for the love of this planet. We all know him as an environmentalist, but this doc brings you into his personal space, the events that have forged this exceptional human being.
An interesting tie into current events is that Suzuki is a second generation Japanese Canadian. Both he and his parents were born on Canadian soil in Vancouver. This however did not insulate them from an onslaught of racism following the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Anti-Japanese sentiment was at an all time high. Suzuki's grandparents were returned by ship to Hiroshima while the remaining family members (along with many other Japanese-Canadian citizens living in the lower mainland of Canada's west coast) were sent to the Slocan Valley in British Columbia. Not long after, Hiroshima was the casualty of the world's first nuclear bomb attack.
Here is a clip I love of Suzuki in 1972. Long before he became a leading environmentalist, he had some pretty astute observations on what it means to be human.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Sad
I find myself in a deep funk that I can't shake off. And instead of feeling like I'm at the bottom of it about to make a turn-around... there still seems to be plenty of shifting ground under my feet. Today is one of the darkest days I have experienced in quite some time. It's like a cloud of oppression is sitting on top of me and every time I try to move or do something it bears down a little stronger. Suffocating.
All I know for sure is that there is a lesson for me here. For some reason this is what I need to experience, witness. So instead of ignoring it or begging it to leave me alone, I'm inviting it in. Asking it to sit with me. Feel it in every aching part of my body. So far it seems intent of communing in the middle of the night. And well, if that's what it wants, then that is what I am going to give to it.
Although this little episode may appear to be masking as depression, I really don't think that is who or what this is. It's just a part of me that needs some attention. That can learn to let the dishes fill the sink and the bed go unmade. And listen with a bit more sensitivity for this part of the journey.
All I know for sure is that there is a lesson for me here. For some reason this is what I need to experience, witness. So instead of ignoring it or begging it to leave me alone, I'm inviting it in. Asking it to sit with me. Feel it in every aching part of my body. So far it seems intent of communing in the middle of the night. And well, if that's what it wants, then that is what I am going to give to it.
Although this little episode may appear to be masking as depression, I really don't think that is who or what this is. It's just a part of me that needs some attention. That can learn to let the dishes fill the sink and the bed go unmade. And listen with a bit more sensitivity for this part of the journey.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
And again.
Some days I am a domestic goddess.
Other days I fail miserably.
But none-the-less, I keep trying.
Other days I fail miserably.
But none-the-less, I keep trying.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Opening the Heart Chakra
For the yogi, everything is yoga. Yoga is life. I think this becomes the normal way of thinking for the person who sees themselves as a yogi. Yoga is no longer a series of poses or asanas but rather a way of living your life. The ideals of enlightenment become your approach to the circumstances you encounter.
Tonight, in my first class as an instructor, our lesson will focus on opening up the Heart chakra. The Heart represents the fourth of the seven body chakras. It is the balancing point, a fulcrum of sorts, between the the material world and our inner/spiritual world. It is a bridge that connects our survival instincts to our ideals of knowing who we truly are and finding our purpose for living. It is in this chakra that we begin to connect to peace and seek harmony in our lives.
The Sanskrit word for the Heart is Anahata. In its literal translation it means unstruck or unhurt. So, despite the fact that we all suffer and endure personal pain, the heart still has this immeasurable capacity for love. Sometimes out of unconscious self-preservation we try to shut this chakra down, which only serves to create more suffering because the true nature of the heart is to love.
The element associated with the Heart chakra is Air. I find this so sublime because love like air wants to fill up all of the spaces inside of us. It will take on the shape of its vessel and at the same time cannot be contained. Through breathing (pranayama) the Heart is strengthened and toned. But one must bring a deliberateness to the act of breathing. It must be deep and you should mediate from time to time on the beauty and significance of this chakra.
In yogic practice, the Heart is considered to be feminine. The feminine in all of us yearns to release and let go of the temporal aches and pains and disappointments in this life. The very act of breathing can enable this release to take place, to massage our hearts and enlarge our ability to love not only others but also ourselves.
Set aside a few moments to shut out the world. Bring your hands together in prayer position. You will find that your thumbs fit nicely against your sternum. Bow your head to your heart and begin to breathe steadily and easy. Deepen as you go. Feel the inhalation and exhalation in your belly. Pay attention to the beating rhythm, you will soon begin to feel it throughout your entire body. Give thanks to your Heart for its continued work, you really do owe it your life.
Namaste.
Tonight, in my first class as an instructor, our lesson will focus on opening up the Heart chakra. The Heart represents the fourth of the seven body chakras. It is the balancing point, a fulcrum of sorts, between the the material world and our inner/spiritual world. It is a bridge that connects our survival instincts to our ideals of knowing who we truly are and finding our purpose for living. It is in this chakra that we begin to connect to peace and seek harmony in our lives.
The Sanskrit word for the Heart is Anahata. In its literal translation it means unstruck or unhurt. So, despite the fact that we all suffer and endure personal pain, the heart still has this immeasurable capacity for love. Sometimes out of unconscious self-preservation we try to shut this chakra down, which only serves to create more suffering because the true nature of the heart is to love.
The element associated with the Heart chakra is Air. I find this so sublime because love like air wants to fill up all of the spaces inside of us. It will take on the shape of its vessel and at the same time cannot be contained. Through breathing (pranayama) the Heart is strengthened and toned. But one must bring a deliberateness to the act of breathing. It must be deep and you should mediate from time to time on the beauty and significance of this chakra.
In yogic practice, the Heart is considered to be feminine. The feminine in all of us yearns to release and let go of the temporal aches and pains and disappointments in this life. The very act of breathing can enable this release to take place, to massage our hearts and enlarge our ability to love not only others but also ourselves.
Set aside a few moments to shut out the world. Bring your hands together in prayer position. You will find that your thumbs fit nicely against your sternum. Bow your head to your heart and begin to breathe steadily and easy. Deepen as you go. Feel the inhalation and exhalation in your belly. Pay attention to the beating rhythm, you will soon begin to feel it throughout your entire body. Give thanks to your Heart for its continued work, you really do owe it your life.
Namaste.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Quantum Leaps
Okay, maybe not quantum but I have taken a leap. Leaps are good. In some form or another a leap propels you forward, albeit at times down (occasionally gaining speed as you splat against the concrete). Leaps are wearing your heart on your sleeve. Leaps mean you are willing to risk public embarrassment. Leaps also mean you are open to the possibility of soaring as you spread your wings and take a chance. Leaps do your heart good, regardless of the outcome.
And what you ask am I leaping around about? Yoga. I've decided to instruct my first yoga class!
Oh don't you worry, I've already mentally gone through all of the reasons that I shouldn't do this, reminded myself of all the ways that I am not qualified. But, in the end, I've decided to risk it and do it anyway. Failure to launch fears be damned. And to be completely honest, those voices of opposition have been pretty small in proportion to the expanding part of me that WANTS to be a yoga teacher.
Practicing yoga has been and continues to be a force in my life that has opened me up. Gotten me in touch with something deeper. Something connected to everything else. I suppose in a way it is for me the theory of everything. The place where it all comes together and yet infinitely expands at the same time. Amazing how so much can happened on one small 2 x 6 foot plot of real estate that can appears to the onlooker as slow and static. Yet there I stand in Warrior, slaying my demons one conscious breath at a time.
With my whole heart, I believe that life rewards action. The parable of reaping what we sow is as relevant as it has ever been. I once read about a Zen master who looked on the mind as a garden. The soil already contains the seeds of all that life can possibly offer ~ the good, the bad and the neutral. It is up to each person to cultivate and care for their garden ~ this is in essence the responsibility of your life. Your emotions are the catalyst to growth and development. How you respond to your world is how your garden grows.
Don't spend your time worrying about the weeds. Tend them daily. Don't spend too much time gazing at someone else's garden and wishing it were your own.
Nurture the qualities you desire to bloom within yourself. Do it by design. Lead with your heart. And take a leap with your soul every now and again.
And what you ask am I leaping around about? Yoga. I've decided to instruct my first yoga class!
Oh don't you worry, I've already mentally gone through all of the reasons that I shouldn't do this, reminded myself of all the ways that I am not qualified. But, in the end, I've decided to risk it and do it anyway. Failure to launch fears be damned. And to be completely honest, those voices of opposition have been pretty small in proportion to the expanding part of me that WANTS to be a yoga teacher.
Practicing yoga has been and continues to be a force in my life that has opened me up. Gotten me in touch with something deeper. Something connected to everything else. I suppose in a way it is for me the theory of everything. The place where it all comes together and yet infinitely expands at the same time. Amazing how so much can happened on one small 2 x 6 foot plot of real estate that can appears to the onlooker as slow and static. Yet there I stand in Warrior, slaying my demons one conscious breath at a time.
With my whole heart, I believe that life rewards action. The parable of reaping what we sow is as relevant as it has ever been. I once read about a Zen master who looked on the mind as a garden. The soil already contains the seeds of all that life can possibly offer ~ the good, the bad and the neutral. It is up to each person to cultivate and care for their garden ~ this is in essence the responsibility of your life. Your emotions are the catalyst to growth and development. How you respond to your world is how your garden grows.
Don't spend your time worrying about the weeds. Tend them daily. Don't spend too much time gazing at someone else's garden and wishing it were your own.
Nurture the qualities you desire to bloom within yourself. Do it by design. Lead with your heart. And take a leap with your soul every now and again.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Go Boldly
The benefit of time is that it allows us to experience and experiment with the facets life has in its learning library. If you pay attention you can draw conclusions for yourself that at first might not seem obvious. But the key is that you must stay mindful. You must bring body-mind-spirit attention to the nuances that are playing out in, through and around you.
Try thinking of your lifetime as an opportunity to interact and be the instigator of an array of ideas and ventures. When you take on this paradigm the world opens up wide to the desires of your heart. In essence you cannot fail. You'll become a data interpreter for your own unique existence! There are things that will work and things that won't work out so well. This is not to say that you throw common sense to the wind, you will still want to pursue life with your intelligence acting as a compass, but you will tune out more of the herd noise and seek life on your own terms.
For me, detachment has probably been the most important skill that I have been learning in this lifetime. I can see how moving into mastery of this is helping me to pursue new directions. Detachment doesn't mean you don't care but instead that you are not married to the outcome of any particular event. You can just let life move and happen without having to have it a certain way, remembering that every decision you make moves the compass hand of experience.
Your beliefs about yourself are also powerfully important. Allow your beliefs to change. See yourself as a positive force in the world. Seek to better everything you touch. Think outside the box. Although everything that is within your possession is in some way a manifestation and reflection of you, dare to change the rules! Refuse to let the things that support your comfort dictate the principles by which you live. Life is a dynamic process, your thoughts from 20 years ago shouldn't necessarily be what you are building your life around today. Growth means change, which means allowing what you've learned to become a part of the unfolding.
Namaste.
Try thinking of your lifetime as an opportunity to interact and be the instigator of an array of ideas and ventures. When you take on this paradigm the world opens up wide to the desires of your heart. In essence you cannot fail. You'll become a data interpreter for your own unique existence! There are things that will work and things that won't work out so well. This is not to say that you throw common sense to the wind, you will still want to pursue life with your intelligence acting as a compass, but you will tune out more of the herd noise and seek life on your own terms.
For me, detachment has probably been the most important skill that I have been learning in this lifetime. I can see how moving into mastery of this is helping me to pursue new directions. Detachment doesn't mean you don't care but instead that you are not married to the outcome of any particular event. You can just let life move and happen without having to have it a certain way, remembering that every decision you make moves the compass hand of experience.
Your beliefs about yourself are also powerfully important. Allow your beliefs to change. See yourself as a positive force in the world. Seek to better everything you touch. Think outside the box. Although everything that is within your possession is in some way a manifestation and reflection of you, dare to change the rules! Refuse to let the things that support your comfort dictate the principles by which you live. Life is a dynamic process, your thoughts from 20 years ago shouldn't necessarily be what you are building your life around today. Growth means change, which means allowing what you've learned to become a part of the unfolding.
Namaste.
Saturday, February 05, 2011
Thought to Action
It is not enough to just think that you want something. You must want it enough that it moves you to action toward its attainment. If you cannot bring yourself to physically move in the direction of what it is you think you want, you really need to re-evaluate how you see that particular circumstance manifesting in your life.
We can see another's lack of discipline so easily. We roll our eyes when they say that are going to do a particular thing. We don't believe that they will be able to carry through to the place where commitment finally leads to success. Why? Because they have not outwardly flexed their muscle of perseverance. When the chips are down, so are they. Is this where you see yourself?
Everything you take on and have goals around succeeding at is going to require work. It is true that all tangible things are birthed in thought but until those seeds meet the refining fire of discipline and determination there can be no expectation of change. Natural talent has its reward but in some cases serves only to make the talented lazy ~ not willing to move beyond what has always come easy.
Beyond anything else, discipline can change your life. We all dream. We can all imagine utopia. We all have passion. If you want people to take you seriously ... stop taking about it and start doing it.
We can see another's lack of discipline so easily. We roll our eyes when they say that are going to do a particular thing. We don't believe that they will be able to carry through to the place where commitment finally leads to success. Why? Because they have not outwardly flexed their muscle of perseverance. When the chips are down, so are they. Is this where you see yourself?
Everything you take on and have goals around succeeding at is going to require work. It is true that all tangible things are birthed in thought but until those seeds meet the refining fire of discipline and determination there can be no expectation of change. Natural talent has its reward but in some cases serves only to make the talented lazy ~ not willing to move beyond what has always come easy.
Beyond anything else, discipline can change your life. We all dream. We can all imagine utopia. We all have passion. If you want people to take you seriously ... stop taking about it and start doing it.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
In Memory 1997 - 2011
This is the me and the Princess Ryber Sophie. She was a good dog and we got to love her for more than 13 years. Yesterday we laid her to rest deep in the forest, in a special box we made just for her. The house is quieter than it should be. And my heart is broken.Thursday, January 27, 2011
Teaching
In my whole life I have never done anything as special as being a teacher. It is hard work, often messy and always never ending. But there is just something so heart-rendering about these connections I get to forge with kids. They make me laugh joyously and at times, cry without restraint.
Today I had to send a bunch of students to the inside room for not completing their homework. Two of them came back afterwards and gave me very sincere apologies for not doing what they should have done. And I realized that those words came out of a combination of relationship and respect. When school works, its foundation is relationship and respect. It works because these two things do not flow out of a system dictated from the top down but rather something very special that grows from the bottom up. We teachers live for moments such as these as they validate all the other moments of the hard, the messy and the never ending.
Today I had to send a bunch of students to the inside room for not completing their homework. Two of them came back afterwards and gave me very sincere apologies for not doing what they should have done. And I realized that those words came out of a combination of relationship and respect. When school works, its foundation is relationship and respect. It works because these two things do not flow out of a system dictated from the top down but rather something very special that grows from the bottom up. We teachers live for moments such as these as they validate all the other moments of the hard, the messy and the never ending.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Equal and Opposite Force
Today I had a small epiphany while teaching science (bridge structure).
Life can basically be summed up as the balancing of opposing forces such as tension and compression. Each is the corrolary to the other. It is a very dynamic aspect of life that holds everything in its perfect place. And keeps us from becoming complacent.
Life can basically be summed up as the balancing of opposing forces such as tension and compression. Each is the corrolary to the other. It is a very dynamic aspect of life that holds everything in its perfect place. And keeps us from becoming complacent.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
The World Through New Eyes
Can you love without possession?
Over coffee this morning I was recapping to Jeremy on the book "The Alchemist". I've read this book many times. On the surface it is about a boy on a journey to find his destiny (a treasure at the base of the pyramids in Egypt). During his travels across the desert the caravan he is with stops at an oasis. Here he meets a girl and falls in love with her and considers giving up his pursuit of destiny to be with her.
"I came to tell you just one thing" the boy said. "I want you to be my wife. I love you." .... "I'm a desert woman and I'm proud of that. I want my husband to wander as free as the wind that shapes the dunes. And, if I have to I will accept the fact that he has become a part of the clouds, and the animals and the water of the desert."
As much as their love was mutual, she did not wish for him to give up on the pursuit of his destiny. In fact, it was the ardent pursuit of his dreams that had drawn her to him. Soon after this he leaves the oasis and continues to travel to the pyramids, the Alchemist accompanying him as a teacher and guide. They encounter many dangers along the way, to which the boy comments on how his beginner's luck seems to have run out. To which the Alchemist says:
"What you still need to know is this: before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we've learned as we move toward that dream. That's the point at which most people give up."
This book has many lessons, most metaphorical, that can be applied to every readers life, regardless of where you see yourself along the journey. What has resonated with me this time through is the idea of love without boundaries. Can I love and be loved so unselfishly as to not hinder you from the pursuit of your journey? Can I love and be loved so fearlessly, that no matter how dangerous or far reaching our journeys are calling, I can go and let you go, for both of our great good? Can I love you just because I love you? And know that our bond is not a boundary but rather the very thing that makes us a part of the others dream, our connection to the very Soul of the World, where everything is written by the same hand.
Over coffee this morning I was recapping to Jeremy on the book "The Alchemist". I've read this book many times. On the surface it is about a boy on a journey to find his destiny (a treasure at the base of the pyramids in Egypt). During his travels across the desert the caravan he is with stops at an oasis. Here he meets a girl and falls in love with her and considers giving up his pursuit of destiny to be with her.
"I came to tell you just one thing" the boy said. "I want you to be my wife. I love you." .... "I'm a desert woman and I'm proud of that. I want my husband to wander as free as the wind that shapes the dunes. And, if I have to I will accept the fact that he has become a part of the clouds, and the animals and the water of the desert."
As much as their love was mutual, she did not wish for him to give up on the pursuit of his destiny. In fact, it was the ardent pursuit of his dreams that had drawn her to him. Soon after this he leaves the oasis and continues to travel to the pyramids, the Alchemist accompanying him as a teacher and guide. They encounter many dangers along the way, to which the boy comments on how his beginner's luck seems to have run out. To which the Alchemist says:
"What you still need to know is this: before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we've learned as we move toward that dream. That's the point at which most people give up."
This book has many lessons, most metaphorical, that can be applied to every readers life, regardless of where you see yourself along the journey. What has resonated with me this time through is the idea of love without boundaries. Can I love and be loved so unselfishly as to not hinder you from the pursuit of your journey? Can I love and be loved so fearlessly, that no matter how dangerous or far reaching our journeys are calling, I can go and let you go, for both of our great good? Can I love you just because I love you? And know that our bond is not a boundary but rather the very thing that makes us a part of the others dream, our connection to the very Soul of the World, where everything is written by the same hand.
Freelancing
There are lots of people out there doing great things. Things that can make the rest of us a little jealous ~ either at their creativity of ideas or their ballsyness to actually pursue their ideas and aspirations. And certainly at the success and smile they can't keep off their face.
Look to them for inspiration. But write your own story.
Look to them for inspiration. But write your own story.
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Innate Knowledge
"Your inner guidance knows exactly what your heart’s desire is. When you open your mouth and remove the brakes—and get the judge out of your head for a minute—your inner guidance will come up with the right answers." Christiane Northrup, M.D.
Monday, January 03, 2011
Conjunctions
Everywhere I turn, people are setting goals and extolling their resolutions. Astrologically, today (Jan 3) due to Jupiter and Uranus being in a triple conjunction (true I don't really know what any of that means), it is apparently the best day of the year to set out the goals you desire to accomplish in 2011.
I don't really have goals for this year yet. Ideas, yes. Goals in and of themselves, No.
This past week I've had several premonitions and just before drifting off to sleep Thursday past, I was given some words that came to me so strongly I had to get out of bed and write them down. Maybe these are just fanciful things, my active imagination ~ oh I do hope so! As one of many things I wish to cultivate is my fanciful imagination. And I suppose when it gets down to brass tacks, I want to explore this through writing and creativity of some sort or another.
As I move into this year, my eyes and my heart are open. I'm determined to not be afraid but to pursue the very things that make me question whether or not I can! Because I know I can, even if it feels uncomfortable for the first bit. Last August when I went to see an Intuitive, she told me a part of me was hiding in the shadows and that it is time to free her. I've been thinking about this blonde haired, blue eyed girl that stares at the floor, her hands tangled in a shimmery satin ivory dress. One of my quests is to help her come join the party that's happening just around the corner. It constricts my chest a little bit, makes me feel like I'm talking myself down off a ledge where she is concerned. Perhaps what we all fear most is the challenge to make the most of ourselves. What else is there in this life?
I am confident that my life's experience is unfolding as it is intended for me. I was born under a special cosmic sky and there are bridges to be crossed and crosses to bear. There is also beauty and joy to enter into, to be soaked up like sun and rain in equal measures. I want to receive all it has to offer with graciousness and gratitude.
I don't really have goals for this year yet. Ideas, yes. Goals in and of themselves, No.
This past week I've had several premonitions and just before drifting off to sleep Thursday past, I was given some words that came to me so strongly I had to get out of bed and write them down. Maybe these are just fanciful things, my active imagination ~ oh I do hope so! As one of many things I wish to cultivate is my fanciful imagination. And I suppose when it gets down to brass tacks, I want to explore this through writing and creativity of some sort or another.
As I move into this year, my eyes and my heart are open. I'm determined to not be afraid but to pursue the very things that make me question whether or not I can! Because I know I can, even if it feels uncomfortable for the first bit. Last August when I went to see an Intuitive, she told me a part of me was hiding in the shadows and that it is time to free her. I've been thinking about this blonde haired, blue eyed girl that stares at the floor, her hands tangled in a shimmery satin ivory dress. One of my quests is to help her come join the party that's happening just around the corner. It constricts my chest a little bit, makes me feel like I'm talking myself down off a ledge where she is concerned. Perhaps what we all fear most is the challenge to make the most of ourselves. What else is there in this life?
I am confident that my life's experience is unfolding as it is intended for me. I was born under a special cosmic sky and there are bridges to be crossed and crosses to bear. There is also beauty and joy to enter into, to be soaked up like sun and rain in equal measures. I want to receive all it has to offer with graciousness and gratitude.
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