Tag: welcome

No Strangers

In the cherry blossom’s shade there’s no such thing as a stranger. – Kobayashi Issa

Welcoming What Is Now

Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have. – Pema Chödrön

On the Ninth Day of Christmas

A new time stands on my doorstep ready to enter my life’s journey. Something in me welcomes this visitor: the hope of bountiful blessings the joy of a new beginning the freshness of unclaimed surprises. Something in me rebuffs this visitor: the swiftness of… Continue Reading “On the Ninth Day of Christmas”