Driving to home eastbound, I spotted a beautiful bald eagle perched on the railway wind gauge pole facing me toward the south at the midspan point of the bridge. I feel so blessed and in the “FLOW”.🦅
“I don’t believe; I know.”
Carl Jung (Swiss Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst; July 26th, 1875 ~ June 6th, 1961)
“If you consciously work to bring more gratitude, simplicity, order, harmony, beauty, and joy into your daily life, your world will be transformed whether you believe a Higher Power is guiding you or not. But if you commit to your spiritual awakening as the most important part of the process, something marvelous will happen. Life will not feel as fraught, as frazzled, or as fragmented as before because you’ll realize that the spiritual, the creative, and the practical can’t be separated. They each count. They each mean something. They’re all connected.”
“…ready ourselves with spiritual openness. …Spirituality is the sacred center of which all life comes, including Mondays and Tuesdays and rainy Saturday afternoons in all their mundane and glorious details.”
Christina Balwin (Author; April 16th, 1946 ~ )
“Before my story began…” (Heather Houston 2-27-22)
“I am excited to discover myself newly while at the same time love the being I already am. My thoughts today are on the people of Ukraine. I also have a pang of fear wondering if my son has been deployed to bolster the Ukrainian cause. If so, I send him all my protective motherly love to keep him safe. I love you Porter!”💝 (Heather Houston 2-27-22)
“Seems full circle as we began bombing Iran and hoping my children are not deployed anywhere near the Middle East. The “Sacred Center of Life” is the BEing present within the moment. My husband made Pho and the gloriousness was not just the first bite. It was the intentional shopping, the smell of the cooking beef bones, the cooking of the aromatics, and the final boil of the broth…all leading to the first sip of soup that unfolded the sacred beautiful creation. Relish the daily routine intertwined with the beauty of living in the moment.” (Heather Houston 2-27-26)
–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 61 of 501.
I challenge each of you on this blog series to post comments so we all can grow together.
“Let knowledge from more to more
But more of reverence in us dwells;
That mind and soul, according well,
May make one music as before.”
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson FRS (English Poet; August 6th, 1809 ~ October 6th, 1892)
“Reverence is that altered state of consciousness when you feel awe and wonder because you know you are in the presence of Spirit. Reverence enwraps you in perfect peace because there is no past or future, only the present moment, and you are one with Heaven and earth. There is no distinction between body and soul. Meditation can sometimes spiritually induce this special moment of Wholeness, as does creating something beautiful, whether it’s a meal, a painting, or a flower bed. Concentrating on one task at a time with care and attentiveness can invoke reverence as well.”
“…gratitude is the gateway to experiencing more reverence in our daily lives.”
“If the only prayer you say in your life is ‘thank you’ that would be enough.”
Eckhart von Hochheim OP (known as: Meister Eckhart or Eckhart) (German Catholic Theologian, Philosopher and Mystic; UNKNOWN)
“Before my story began…” (Heather Houston 2-26-22)
“My daily gratitude gives me access to reverence. I also have begun to focus on one task at a time versus multi-tasking. In doing so, I have noticed my productivity and effectiveness has improved greatly.” (Heather Houston 2-26-22)
“BEing present is the juice! Reverence comes with being enraptured with the what so of the now. Not an intention, but to be actually in reverence of the moment you are experiencing. Whether it is running back to the car to pick up my saved shopping bags or whether I am watching a sunset…both have reverential experiences in each one. The access to the rapture of every instance or occasion is the magic of LIVING.” (Heather Houston 2-26-26)
–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 60-61 of 501.
I challenge each of you on this blog series to post comments so we all can grow together.
Driving to work westbound, I spotted a nesting pair of eagles circle over the highway and waterway between Factoria and Mercer Island. They were flying low with full wingspan stretched wide and flying low enough for them to be seen through my sunroof. Fabulous sighting! I feel so blessed and in the “FLOW”.🦅🦅
“I enjoyed watching this film and I have seen it several times before. Interesting how the director did not do very much research on space as Charlton Heston was smoking a cigar in the spaceship. Even after they had a water crash landing, he somehow pulled out a cigar and lighter on their trek through the desert. Heston seems like the John Wayne of the late 60s. It is so odd that when Heston was caught and couldn’t speak he didn’t use the universal hand signal for writing and just grabbed at his voice box. The director needed to be more observant. One of the most impactful scenes was the statue of liberty buried in the sand. Glad I got to see it again.”
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