The fountain of grace

There is a fountain of grace,

always flowing at the center of things.

Sit. Rest. Breathe. Listen.

Let it spill over and refresh your soul.

A head full of hope

Hope is a kind of relentless, surprising optimism

that lives, not in your head, but in your heart;

those times when despite the dark and dirt

you dare to trust that dawn is on its way...

Beware of looking foolish...

Warning: when you’re that determined

to climb to the top,

you might end up looking like an ...

well, a little foolish!

Feel the tenderness

Stop for a moment. Breathe.

Feel the tenderness that is your birthright.

Know the tenderness you carry within you.

Look around you, and let that tenderness

flow through you into the world.

Tired of tilting at windmills?

Tired of tilting at windmills?

Maybe it’s time to pick something smaller;

Something or someone closer to home

whose life might be brightened by your attentions...

The web of connection

See how the mountains are linked to one another?

And see how those connections are echoed

in the bridges we build to link one another?

We all of us live in a web of connection;

Each of us is critical to the maintenance of that web.

What's keeping you?

What is it that’s keeping you

from where you long to be?

Can you see past the obstacles

to the hope that lies ahead?