And so, I Blog!!

Soooo, everybody is blogging except for Moi? Is this the newest form of writing? Are we headed towards the reality of the movie "Fahrenheit 451 "? What a tragedy that would be!! I have tried Twitter~for about 48 hours ,not for me at all! I do Facebook, but also find it to be truly surfacy and a bit of a waste of my time. I like to write, not twit or mindlessly comment. So, I guess I will. :) Here I will share on the most precious thing in my life, my recovery and my spiritual journey. If my only audience is that of the ether, that will be good enough ... for I write not to be read, but because I am called to write!!! And so, I blog!!
I will begin with the daily readings from the book:

A Grateful Heart ~ 365 ways to give thanks at mealtime edited by MJ Ryan
The Winter Prayers began on the first day of winter ~ so I am begining there. The winter prayers begin with this thought:
A thankful soul is thankful under all circumstances, a complaining soul complains even if he lives in paradise. -BAHA'U'LLAH
Please join me in thought-provoking conversaton! Namaste' Cate

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Space, Time and Quiet

The highest good is like water.
Water gives life to ten thousand things and
does not strive.
It flows in places men reject and so is like
the Tao (way).

Thirty spokes share the wheel's hub;
It is the center hole that makes it useful.
Shape clay into a vessel;
It is the space within that makes it useful.
Cut doors and windows for a room;
it is the holes which make it useful.
Therefore benefit comes from what is there;
usefulness from what is not there.
-Tao Te Ching

Wow  ... what a timely reminder for me!!  
Form and space ...
activity and quiet ...
emptiness and fullness ...
it takes a balance of both to make it work!!


Like so many in our culture ...
I find  I am over done and over tired ...
and I am hugely in need of space and time and quiet.


I can not hear the voice of God  in the midst of so much ...
I am letting go ...
of too much tv,
too many projects,
too much stuff.


Quiet ... space ... time ... listening ... shhhhhhhh         Cate

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