Hi, friends. Here is a place we can stay connected. I hope you enjoy gathering here. All the best, Margaret
There were two poems from class today. Here they are!
Clearing
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 worthy of rescue.
—Martha Postlethwaite
May I, may you, may we
Not die unlived lives.
May none of us live in fear
Of falling or catching fire.
May we choose to inhabit our days,
To allow our living to open us,
To make us less afraid,
More accessible,
To loosen our hearts
Until they become wings,
Torches, promises.
May each of us choose to risk our significance;
To live so that which comes to us as seed
Goes to the next as blossom
And that which comes to us as blossom,
Goes on as fruit.
~ Dawn Markova
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Thank you so much for posting these poems!
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Wow, these are precious gems. Thanks so much for posting.
Hello dear ones!
I really miss the class and everyone in it. I have been working on home practice and honestly have longed for the weekly connection. This Friday, I am heading off for a 5 day retreat and am both excited and a wee bit nervous and am reminded of a phrase from an old Cooper Edens book: If you have butterflies in your stomach, invite them into your heart. This reminds me of allowing.
Wishing you all a lovely August evening.
Blessings and be well,
Terry
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Hello all,
I too miss the weekly connection. I was on vacation most of the time since the final class. Practice was sort of here and there - spur of the moment, but some nice natural locations. Now I’m working on figuring out the going forward scheduling. My “regular life” brought back familiar episodes of stress, but I do remember I have a place to go and start again. It’s reassuring.
5 days Terry - how cool! (I’d be a bit nervous too…)
Miss you all.
-Peter
I love the idea of having “a place to go and start again.” Certainly going to put that into my tool box!
Be well, all!
Warm best,
Terry