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Listen to the Flowers
It’s not like you have to empty your mind and then you can listen to the flowers. If you try to listen to the voice of flowers, you naturally start emptying your mind. For me, ikebana is a practice of the mind.
The Tight Place
When you get into a tight place and it seems you can’t go on, hold on, for that’s just the place and the time that the tide will turn. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to:… Continue Reading “The Tight Place”
Wednesday of Hope – In a World Full of Peril
The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – In a World Full of Peril”
A Garden of Light
I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts, but they need constant attention and one day I decided I had better things to do. – Brian Andreas, StoryPeople
Wednesday of Hope – I Do the Dance – I Must
Part of the Symphony I serve. I do the dance I must. I plant trees, but I am not the doer of this work. I am the facilitator, the instrument—I am one part of the symphony. I know there is an overall scheme to… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – I Do the Dance – I Must”
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