Fall 2012
Sometimes it is words of others that remind me of all of the things I need to hear…
Here are a few blog posts that struck me the past few days and I am hoping that they touch your heart as well.
The Permission Slip– Susannah Conway
Oh Susannah, how did you slip into my soul and write out just what I needed to hear? After reading this and my soul sighing deeply I realized that I needed some space, and some silence. So I spent the next 8 hours in silence … something I will repeat again very soon, and for a longer period next time.
What Your World Is In Need Of– Valerie Tookes
Beautiful to me because of this:
It has never been true, not for a moment, that criticizing or shaming ourselves leads to love. Only love leads to love.
~Geneen Roth
and this:
In order to provide THE world with what it needs most, I must provide MY world with what it needs most which quite simply is me.
A me – who acts authentically, her heart filled with love and compassion toward herself and others.
A me – who is so filled with a peaceful spirit that joy and happiness just radiate from her eyes.
A me – who is mindful enough to notice and provide deep rest and comfort.
A me – who can reach out in connection with passion and purpose to support others when she is feeling 100% fully herself.
And this: Day of Rest– Jill
Because of this:
To live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.
~ Mary Oliver
So much beauty in the world. And on the days when my heart is weary and my soul tired and sore there are so many others who remind me of the beauty in the midst of it all. And for that I am grateful.
Erica Staab 
And then there was this from Christa at Carry It Forward:
With a poem from Hafiz:
It happens all the time in heaven, and someday
it will begin to happen again on earth —
that men and women who are married, and
men and men who are lovers,
and women and women who give each other
light,
often will get down on their knees, and while
so tenderly holding their lover’s hand, with
tear-filled yes, will sincerely say, “My dear,
how can I be more loving to you; my darling
how can I be more kind?”
~ Hafiz ~
from A Year with Hafiz by D. Landinsky
http://www.carryitforward.com/more-kind/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+carryitforward+%28Carry+It+Forward%29
“In order to provide THE world with what it needs most, I must provide MY world with what it needs most which quite simply is me.”
Simply and exactly what I needed to read today. Being present in my world is what I need most. I want to be that “me”.
I’m taking Susannah’s Unraveling ecourse and I’m loving it.
🙂 So glad to hear this… and I am wonderfully jealous that you are taking Susannah’s ecourse! How wonderful. And I am LOVING these words of yours, such wisdom in them:
Autumn is the season of harvest, of letting go, of decluttering, and clearing. This is different then the Spring cleaning. Spring cleaning is about making space for the abundance that is hoped to come; autumn cleaning is about ridding oneself of what is no longer needed. It’s about holding onto only what is essential.
Nature is signaling that it’s time to let go of the things, thoughts, patterns and behaviors that weigh us down and diminish our light.
As we watch leaves fluttering to the ground, we are reminded that nature’s cycles are mirrored in our lives. Autumn is a time for letting go.
http://whatwecreate.blogspot.com/2012/10/transitioning.html
Erica – happy to find your blog! Just reposted on FB. David Whyte, Mary Oliver, Geneen Roth – yes, yes, yes. Thank you for your soulfulness.
Funny I mentioned David Whyte – you did not offer his words – but as I read your blog – his words were echoing for me….
“You must learn one thing:
the world was made to be free in.
Give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.”
From ‘Sweet Darkness”
Thanks again… looking forward to future posts… eliz
Perhaps because you were reading my mind and that is one of my favorite poems as well 🙂
FOr the longest time after a difficult breakup I had that poem on my fridge to read every day… Thank you for reminding me!