The future will unfold

Live in the present,

Do all the things that need to be done.

Do all the good you can each day.

The future will unfold.

                - peace pilgrim

One little day at a time ...

one little step at a time ....

just do the next right thing!

We hear this all the time, don't we?

And, it is so simple, and it works!  

Mother Theresa started her congregation by reaching

out to one dying man in the streets ...

'The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step'

For this one day,

I can be right here right now,

do the good that I can,

and trust that the future will unfold before me!

There is great serenity and peace in trusting

the ONE who has ALL POWER!

...counting my blessings .... cate

Life on Life's Terms

Who knows what form the forward momentum of life

will take in the time ahead or what use it will make of

our anguished searching?  The most any one of us can

seem to do is to fashion something – an object or

ourselves – and drop it into the confusion, make an

offering of it, so to speak, to the life force.

                           - Ernest Becker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD_pCr_Xrnc

Another song comes to mind today ~ click the above link to enjoy :)

As Program People, we know all about life on life's terms ... it just happens!  And we get to choose how we will respond.  Will we stuff it, drink it. run from it, deny it, embrace it, learn from it, grow from it, be grateful  for it?  Sometimes the seeming difficulty has been the bridge to a wonderful gift in my life...I just can not see it at the time ... but of course, my name does not begin with "G".  :)

A rock bottom can be the beginning of a new life.

A heartfelt prayer can be a bridge to a deeper spiritual awareness.

A disaster can be an invitation to share or receive service.

Viktor Frankl says

 “What is to give light must endure burning.”

It is all a part of our journey ... 

thanks for traveling shoulder to shoulder with me today!

Cate

New Day Coming

Earth, ourselves,

breathe and awaken,

all things moving,

new day coming,

life renewing.

              - Pawnee Prayer

Most of us have been working really really hard

at work lately.  By the end of the week, 

many people mention how exhausted they are!

The older I get, the more I appreciate the

restorative power of sleep.

I used to hate wasting time sleeping,

but now I am amazed at how a good sleep

can renew me completely!

Like the earth seems to sleep beneath

the snows of winter,

the activity of day comfortably

slows beneath the dark  of night

and my Spirit is renewed.

Older ... wiser ... grateful ...

cate

Ward off Disease and Weakness

Ward off from us, disease and weakness.

By day and night, lovers of sweetness, guard us.

                           - Rig-Veda

I chuckled when I read these words for today ~ when we are currently surrounded

by people who are sneezing and coughing and just generally miserable!

It reminds me of a sermon I heard many years ago. The priest reminded us

that there are germs out there, and that is just the way it is.  We can do

lots of things to protect us from catching them, but sometimes they get

through anyway.  And, that's ok, that does not mean we have not done

our wellness work well enough to keep them away....cause, they are gonna

be there!  The good news is, if we do our good wellness work regularly,

the little germs won't take us down so long and so hard ~ we will bounce back.

He likened that to the Spiritual Journey. If we do our daily work, and stay close

to God and continue to grow spiritually,  stuff can happen that can tempt us or 

lead us astray .. but our daily spiritual work and connection will prove strong

and solid ... and will help to pull us back to solid ground.

I ask myself, what am I surrounding myself with?  Is it faith?  Wholeness? 

People who live the Spiritual Principles?  Honesty?  Truth?

Does my daily life nurture my recovery and spiritual growth and connection?

With whom am I shoulder to shoulder on this journey on the road to happy Destiny?

I'm glad it is you ... thanks for BEing here!!! Cate

Come as YOU ARE

Come, come, whoever you are,

Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving -

    it doesn’t matter,

ours is not a caravan of despair.

Come, even if you broken your vows a

hundred times.

Come, come again, come.

                     - Rumi

When I took my first vows as a nun,

the entrance hymn was called

"Come as you Are".

It was a song given to me by an Augustinian novice from Australia

named Jared.  We had become good friends before he left the novitiate

and returned to his home country.

The song was an Australian Christian song with a bit of a  soft country beat ...

and expressed so much what I really believe ...

that we can all come to God,

always,

in all ways,

no matter what!

The heart of God is ALWAYS open!!

This is a newer, rockier song ...

but the thought is the same.

Enjoy!


Come as You Are ~ UTUBE ~ Pocket Full of Rocks

Love, 

Cate

It is ALL good!!

The dictionary defines night in terms of day and day in

terms of night. Can we find a way to talk about light

and dark without talking about good and bad?  To love

both day and night?  Can we hold the beauty of both

in the same breath?

                                                                            - Ruth Gendler

We are so funny, aren't we?  We so often define beauty by comparing it to seeming lack of beauty, good by compare to the seemingly bad and right compared to somebody's notion of wrong ... how narrow it is to define everything in accordance to its perceived opposite.

So, how about remembering that it is all good ...

and all beautiful ...

and all right.

I was challenged once to try to make it through one day without a judgement ...

wow, that is such a challenge ...

i grew up thinking about things in terms of comparison!

I am slowly letting go of that kind of thinking,

learning to embrace ALL,

just as it is!

It is a new way of thinking and seeing ...

for which I am challenged,

and grateful!!

Cate

Do what you do In-Joy

Tonight we ask that we each find what we love to do

in life so that, in the words of Joseph Campbell, “our

life experiences on the purely physical plane will have

resonances within our innermost being and reality, so

that we feel the rapture of being alive.

When I was a young nun and was assigned my appointments (chores) we were told to do everything we do with love...including those chores!  I remember spending an entire Saturday afternoon and evening hand cleaning each and every blade on the old blinds in the back dark library.  Hours and hours I spent, quietly eliminating dust that was sun baked in place on each blade.  I entered this task remembering to do it with love....and actually enjoyed doing it with my whole heart!!

I try to remember this today when I am doing something that I find less than favorable.  

When I first heard this I found it to be a bit idealistic.  

Yet, on that day it certainly worked!!

Life brings me all sorts of opportunities, some seemingly more pleasant than others.  

But even today, when I remember to do what I do with my whole heart, 

I am in-joy!

And I am grateful ....Cate