a blade of grass ...

Be tough in the way a blade of grass is; rooted, willing

to learn, and at peace with what is around it.

- NATALIE GOLDBERG

I remember once learning about the incredible longevity  of willow trees ...

 they survive the high winds because they are deeply rooted

AND

because they are so flexible and are able to move with the winds!!

Whether a blade of grass or a tree of willow,

going with the flow of life 

and enjoying each moment as it comes

leads toward a life well enjoyed!!

Let's Do IT ~ ODAT!!

Cate

Enough is Enough

The Chinese sage Lao Tzu once said, "He or she who

knows that enough is enough will always have

enough.  "May we learn to be grateful for whatever we

have so that it may be enough."

and ... sooooooooo ... how do you retrain your brain?

This morning prayer I found today gave some great directions

to point the way ...

...Every morning I will rest my arms a
while upon the windowsill of Heaven,
gaze upon my Higher Power, and with
that vision in my heart turn strong to
meet my day... 

...with this vision,

I live in gratitude and awareness of the generosity of life.

The view from my window 

becomes one of awareness,

awe and wonder!

In gratitude ~ Cate       

Holy One

Holy One of Blessing
Your presence fills creation.
          - RABBI LAWRENCE S. KUSHNER

be here now ...

respecting all of creation ...

beginning with yourself.

cate

LIFE OF THE SPIRIT

There is no shortage of good days.  It is good lives that

are hard to come by.  A life of good days lived in the

senses is not enough.  The life of sensation is the life of

greed;  it requires more and more.  The life of the spirit

requires less and less; time is ample and its passage

sweet.      - ANNIE DILLARD    

  

...And the life of the Spirit is not separate and apart ...

it is within all of life!!!

It is a focus ...

it is an awareness ...

it is a choice ...

it is a gift!

May we all receive this gift today!!

cate

The Great Gift of Friendship

Tonight we give thanks for the great gift of friendship
and in particular for my dear friend, Patt.  Thank you
for the circumstances that brought us together and
have bound us into the sacred bundle of life.  Thank
you also for the gifts of our friendship; for knowledge
that comforts, for words that encourage, for insight that
blesses, for all the experiences shared, for the sweet
bliss of deeply knowing each other in so many ways;
for history and a hope of the future, for conversation
and laughter, for silence, for bearing each other's
witness truly, for holding each other safe in our hearts
with great love and tenderness.
                                                    -DAPHNE ROSE KINGMA

SO MISSING MY DEAREST FRIEND TODAY  ....

click below to listen ...

In the stillness of this moment ....

peace to all .... cate

Honor All ~ Holding hands in the ring of life!

Holding hands  in a ring

I vow with all beings

to ease the pain in the ring

of breath around the world.

When the table is spread for the meal

I vow with all beings

to accept each dish as an offering

that honors my ancient path.

                             -Robert Aitken

Click below to hear song: Beautiful

BEAUTIFUL by Mercy Me

I am thinking about the holy healing of rings of prayer today  ...

whether during the dances of universal peace

or hands held ending a meeting with The Lords Prayer,

there is something so equaling, unifying and healing

about a circle of prayer.

For this day, may we all invite all that is painful

into the circle of healing and love .

May we all be welcome,

may we all be welcoming!!

Cate

I will not die an unlived life

I will not die an unlived life,
     I will not live in fear
          of falling or catching fire.
               I choose to inhabit my days,
                    to allow my living to open me,
                          to make me less afraid,
                               more accessible,
                                    to loosen my heart
                                         until it becomes a wing,
                                              a torch, a promise.
                                                    I choose to risk my significance;
                                                         to live so that which came to me as seed
                                                              goes to the next as blossom,
                                                                    and that which comes to me a blossom,
                                                                         goes on as fruit.
                                                                                        -DAWNA MARKOVA

May we all live our lives with the dedication, heart and hope of an Olympian!!   

                                                                                                                                           Cate