Tag Archives: Ignatian Spiritual Excercises

Don’t Poke the Bear

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

If I don’t poke the bear, it will continue to sleep. If I shift my attention to the light outside my cave, I can go about happily as if there weren’t four hundred pounds of smelly, drooling, menacing fear in my abode. Just … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Arto Alanenpää, Brene Brown, Brooke, brown bear, Dare to Lead, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon | Leave a comment

Bumper Crop

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

Jesus told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, compassion, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, Margaret Wise Brown, Matthew 12:3-9, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, The Runaway Bunny | 7 Comments

What Luke Didn’t Tell You

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he … Continue reading →

Posted in compassion, Poetry, Praying with the Imagination, Reflections | Tagged Esther Hizsa, Father Lawrence Lew, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, Lost little lamb, Luke 10:38-42, Luke 15:5, Martha and Mary, Matthew Kirkland, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon | 2 Comments

A Cool Hand on My Forehead

Posted on July 19, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

Trust, I tell myselfas I cycle in the early morning mist.I need to trustI’ll receive what I need, know what to do. I can let go of my life and rest in Your love. I wish I could trust,rest,stop thinking, thinking,thinking aboutthe spinning tops I … Continue reading →

Posted in compassion, Mindfulness, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, Meister Eckhart, Nirmal Adhikari, ON BORROWED TIME, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Way Still On | 2 Comments

Rabbit Trails

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

I follow any lead that will take me to the future I desire, hop down each trail, only to sit back on my haunches when it ends with the word: trust. You know what I need and are labouring even now to give me, to give every living … Continue reading →

Posted in compassion, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Audrey, Breakfast in the Marigolds, Charles Spurgeon, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Karen, Living from the Heart, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon | Leave a comment

Disappointed

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

When old fears emerge,something in me is disappointed and wishes I’d get over it and move on. She (this part of me) has the wisdom of Jesus, knows the truth that will set me free, but lacks his compassionand patience. He finds … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, compassion, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Alfred Handel, Esther Hizsa, Ezekiel 34:11-12, Ezekiel 34:15-16, Good Shepherd, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, INTVGene, Lament, Living from the Heart, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Tony Hudson | Leave a comment

The Joy You Are

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

Conspicuous by its absence, I wondered if my fear of disaster had left for good but no that part of me revealed herself in an argument. Arguments are good for that. I had thought, since I survived my worst-case scenario, her angst would ease off. Yes, she says. … Continue reading →

Posted in compassion, Creation, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Anthony de Mello, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Kenneth Cole Schneider, Living from the Heart, Magnus Bråth, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Willow Flycatcher | Leave a comment

Rest in Love

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

Listen! The Lord, the Eternal, the Holy One of Israel says,“In returning and rest, you will be saved. In quietness and trust you will find strength.”–Isaiah 30:15 (The Voice) The sun is setting in the west And the birds begin to … Continue reading →

Posted in compassion, Mindfulness, Mystical, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Amelisa Resting, Donnie Ray Jones, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Isaiah 30:15, Landkaartje, Living from the Heart, Matthew 11:28, Rhapsody of Rest, Sara Thomsen, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Sylvia Sassen | 3 Comments

Always Coming to Us in Love

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

Our basic stance in life and toward God is one of receptivity rather than achievement. This is the heart of the contemplative way: receptivity to God who is always coming to us in love.—SoulStream Community, Values I consider how God … Continue reading →

Posted in compassion, Mindfulness, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, Luke 12:29, park bench, Rhapsody of Rest, Sara Thomsen, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, steve p2008 | 1 Comment

This Beautiful Now

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

In returning and rest, you will be saved. In quietness and trust you will find strength. –Isaiah 30:15 (The Voice) I forgetit takes time to settle my nervous system, takes intention to notice my feet aren’t touching the ground. All the spaciousness I long for is right … Continue reading →