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Feeling Trapped
I began to notice it more and more in conversations, in a turn of events, a sudden increase in price, a response I didn’t like. I kept thinking they were doing something to me. “They” could be anyone, anything that … Continue reading
Soular Eclipse
It must have been so scary for our ancestors, the first time the moon eclipsed the sun. Did they wonder if the end had come? Did they think God was punishing them? Did they brace themselves for perpetual darkness? After … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, Poetry, Poverty of Spirit, Reflections
Tagged brendangates, depression, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Illusion of separation from God, Into the Silent Lands, Living from the Heart, Martin Laird, solar eclipse, soular eclipse, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Takeshi Kuboki, total eclipse
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Floating
I notice a sinking feeling. Argh! This isn’t what I want. I tread water, grope for a footing. Then, I notice, as I do the next thing–chop the carrots and onions– and the next–answer that email–I’ve floated past the obstacle. … Continue reading
Save Us
Yesterday, we returned home from camping in the Kootenays.Today, I’m baking bread, and Fred is vacuuming out the car.I wish he could vacuum up the smoke and everyone were safe at home. One hundred and four wildfires are actively … Continue reading
Posted in community, compassion, Creation, Poetry, Prayer, Reflections
Tagged Bowen Assman, Bradley Creek Fire, Castanet, Deuteronomy 31:6, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Liam Phair, Living from the Heart, Psalm 10:1, Psalm 16, Psalm 16:10, Qilpituk Creek, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Vernon fire
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Falling in Love
Nothing is more practical than finding God, than falling in Love in a quite absolute, final way … Fall in Love, stay in love, and it will decide everything. –Joseph Whelan, SJ I need to find and fall in love … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, Creation, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Alfalfa, Alice Walker, Church of the Wild, Esther Hizsa, Falling in Love, Grey Canal Trail, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Joseph Whelan, Living from the Heart, Michael Major, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Victoria Loorz
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Finding Us
What did I hear in that note that stunned me and sent me into the sock drawer, consumed with anger and hate? I heard: You are not enough, just as I had begun to skip along trusting that I was. As I walked with … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, compassion, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Ban Galbasi, Doris Pailthorpe, Ernest Thompson Seton, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Living from the Heart, Plum leaves, Raggylug, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon
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