Don't Pee on the Bee

Scavenging Among Seaweed

 

Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war. 
~Loren Eiseley

I need to get to the beach.
~MamaBee43

 

Pre-freaking Out

I once heard someone say, 'If it's not happening now, it's not happening.'  That stuck with me--I realized there's no reason to pre-freak out about problems.  It's made such a difference in my life.

~Aimee Mann, Grammy Award-winning singer and musician

Sacred Silence

 
Sacred silence, holy ocean,
    gentle water, washing over me;
Help me listen, Holy Spirit.
    Come and speak to me.

~Tom Booth and Jenny Pixler from their song, Sacred Silence

Aaah, the questions!

From August 23, 2009 . . . Still writing away at my conference . . .

"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions."
--Rainer Maria Rilke

For me, the first sentences was enough to grab me.  "Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves." 

Think I'll try working on that.  What about you?

Two Beautiful Words

Summer afternoon--
summer afternoon;

to me those have always
been the two most
Beautiful words in
the English language.

~Henry James

 

We can dream can't we?  It has been raining here like crazy this weekend.  But truth be told, this rain doesn't bother me in the least!  But I know everyone else is sick of it, so I'm hoping for sun too!

 

 

In The Eyes of The Lord

 

Make every effort to pray from the heart.  Even if you do not succeed, in the eyes of the Lord the effort is precious.
~from The Gates of Prayer: The New Union Jewish Prayer Book

Dirty Dishes

 
My life will always have dirty dishes.
If this sink can become
a place of contemplation,
let me learn constancy here.

~Gunilla Norris, author of Being Home