Sail Away Sweet Sister

This is all about God, prayer, community, music, art, poetry, theology, love and all sorts of things people run into on their life journey, especially when the second half of life is looming ahead. It is inspired by Fr Richard Rohr, by the Contemplative Outreach of Fr Thomas Keating, by C.G. Jung, by C.S. Lewis, Alan Watts, St Beuno's retreat house and all the communities I have a privilege to belong to. It is dedicated to and I hope will be used by my nearest and dearest, scattered all over the planet, and who are falling upwards with me.

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

The Divine Present

Our life is unfolding here and now. Every breath in is a new beginning; every breath out is a letting go. To be fully present is to say no to the past memory that would paint the future in the same colours (especially where those colours mark fear and lack of courage), not to mention that it dishonours the indwelling divinity. I say this for myself but perhaps it will speak to you too.
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  1. M.28 February 2012 at 14:04

    Yes. Letting go. Thank you Richard, your inner talk comes so timely. We can still access the peace within, and stand on the firm ground of acceptance. We can, and we shall.

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  2. Rijselman28 February 2012 at 15:27

    Richard illustrates perfectly a true comprehension of life's richness. To understand that we possess the utter freedom to mark a new start with every new day we are given as a valuable present from God. We don't need to be tied to the shackles of past failures and behaviours ; we can become who we really want to be (and that's our real selves)

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