May warmth of heart keep your presence aflame
What a gift for us and those we encounter.
May warmth of heart keep your presence aflame.
Yet, each of us approaches this invitation from a different angle and needs to ask what it means for us personally in our current situation.
What keeps your heart warm?
Let’s follow the bees.
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At the start of a new week walking with John O’Donohue’s beautiful words, let’s pause to drink in the whole of the poem again:
FOR PRESENCE
Awaken to the mystery of being here and enter the quiet immensity of your own presence.? ?
Have joy and peace in the temple of your senses.? ?
Receive encouragement when new frontiers beckon. ??
Respond to the call of your gift and the courage to follow its path.?
Let the flame of anger free you of all falsity.?
May warmth of heart keep your presence aflame.?
May anxiety never linger about you.?
May your outer dignity mirror an inner dignity of soul.?
Take time to celebrate the quiet miracles that seek no attention.?
Be consoled in the secret symmetry of your soul.?
May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder.?
+ John O’Donohue, in Benedictus: A Book of Blessings, Bantam Press, 2007
Pause. See differently. Re-story…
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6 个月Bee-ing present with the gentleness of your message Sue. Glad for more John O’Donohue, always.
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6 个月I'm up for following the bees Sue Heatherington. What a gorgeous, heartwarming image.