Do not try to save
the whole world
or do anything grandiose.
Instead, create
a clearing
in the dense forest
of your life
and wait there
patiently,
until the song
that is your life
falls into your own cupped hands
and you recognize and greet it.
Only then will you know
how to give yourself
to this world
so worth of rescue.
~Martha Postlewaite

St. Brendan once asked Ita what were the three things most pleasing and displeasing to God. She replied that what pleases God were “true faith in God with a pure heart, a simple life with a grateful spirit, and generosity inspired by charity.” What is most displeasing is “a mouth that hates people, a heart harboring resentments, and confidence in wealth.”

I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.’ “- Lewis Carroll

May the sun's light be a source of inspiration to you, so that you may live your life with great adventure.

May you discover a new sense of loving kindness towards yourself.

May you embrace your unique, authentic self in all of your perfect imperfections.

May you set forth with courage when you walk the path of vulnerability, knowing that where there are shadows, there must also be light.
May your heart soften through life's grief and traumas, never growing cold.

May you embrace the wonder of your own divine being so that you live out your days with purpose and passionate intention.

May you always know the gift of a true friend.

May you show compassion and respect to yourself and all other beings, always.

May you be blessed with health and joy and peace.

May you be safe and loved.

And like the Earth's most heavenly flower, may you grow strong and wild and beautiful. - The Leilani Blessing

“ I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.” - Hafez

Our whole spiritual transformation brings us to the point where we realize that in our own being, we are enough.
- Ram Dass

From the Essential Rumi

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase “each other”
doesn’t make any sense.
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don’t go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don’t go back to sleep.”

It is a serious thing
Just to be alive
On this fresh morning
In this broken world.
-Mary Oliver