Good morning lovely friends on this our common prayer day ♥ Thank you dear Ursula.

There is much on my heart. These past few days I’ve been struggling mightily with physical, mental and emotional distress. I’m not sure where it started (body, mind, spirit) but it took over my whole being. During this time, I prayed as I could, remembering Anne Lamott’s “go to” prayer when she can’t find any other words:
“Thank you, thank you, thank you. Help me, help me, help me”.

This feeble, yet heartfelt prayer reminded me of a quote by Meister Eckhart:
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.”

While on my walks, I recited some Psalms, sang some songs, and left WhatsApp messages for my older daughter who is in Colorado. I’m trying to give my body the rest it needs but also do try to get outside for a walk….visiting the horses and cows, taking in all the sights and colors of spring, listening to the birds chirping away.
I say “thank you” for these gifts. And that my younger daughter and her boyfriend are here with us during this time of isolation. They moved into our mobile home out in the driveway and have made themselves a cozy little abode. Thankful, thankful….makes me smile 😊 My older daughter and her husband are both working from their home in Colorado….keeping their jobs. My husband here in our little farmhouse as well….more big “thank yous”.

It doesn’t seem like I have coronavirus, no fever and I’m breathing ok. But I do have something going on…perhaps a reactivation of my Epstein-Barr virus. Fear and anxiety can be a sneaky part of our subconscious and wreak havoc on our bodies. I suspect this as a factor. I’ve always been a vivid dreamer and lately my dreams have been disturbing.

So…this is what I know. I decided to pull out my old bible and read Lamentations because there is a scripture that was calling to me. And here it is…and I believe this with all my heart:

“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23

Sending you all my grateful love dear friends ♥

Good morning friends. Such a joy and a balm for my soul to visit with you this day….our common prayer Tuesday. 🙏

I have so much on my heart but the words to express are not there…yet. Perhaps I will journal later. But in the meantime…these words from Mother Teresa came to me this morning. I share them with you with my grateful love ♥
~Be well dear friends and stay safe during these extra-ordinary times.

” “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”

Good morning friends
Anxiety is unpredictable and visits when it wants to. My spirit is more at peace today…..yesterday’s anxiety abating. For this I am grateful although I have learned to welcome anxiety as per Rumi in “The Guest House”. Welcome all guests for they are being sent “as a guide from beyond”.
I know I have shared this before, but spirit is nudging me. Perhaps during this time of uncertainty we need this wisdom more than ever.
~With my grateful love ♥

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes.
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

— Jellaludin Rumi,

Patjos….I agree! Acceptance of what is…and being kind and gentle with myself are part of my journey for sure. But I am a control freak to the max…stemming from my out-of-control chaotic dysfunctional home environment growing up. It became a matter of survival in a way.

The words of the Serenity Prayer have become a daily mantra of sorts for me:
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference”

~Be blessed my friend and fellow Habakkuk-lover 🥰🙏