Let me be fully so.

Let me be ready.

Let me be ready for all who need support, love, kindness, relief.

Let me be ready to soak in the sunshine, and give it out again tenfold.

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Let me be ready, Lord.

Let me be ready to experience your grace.

Let me be ready.

– from the mountain

Consider:

How can I be more open — and ready?

Reading:

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”

— Louisa May Alcott

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“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”

— Carl Jung

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“And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.”

— John 1:16 (KJV)

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Let us smile at one another.

I have seen the workings of the unseen. It lives in the tissue between beings.

As I am a friend, I learn friendship. As I learn friendship, I understand, Lord, your relationship to me.

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Let me walk the fields, finding those I might greet, and smile.

Let the smiles multiply. Another greets another greets another. Until the circle is complete, and I meet my own smile in another’s.

Let me be a friend, and so find you, sweet Lord.

– from the mountain

Consider:

How can I weave greater connection?

Reading:

“What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.”

— Aristotle

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I already know.

Guidance, I ask for guidance throughout my days.

In the morn: whither shall I go? At noon: what now ought I do? Eve: when shall I retire?

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I ask and ask — do I listen and do?

Lord, I need not wonder what you wish for me, my heart already knows.

Grant me a willing heart to do your will.

– from the mountain

Consider:

Am I willing to hear and do your will?

Reading:

“It is not down on any map; true places never are.”

— Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

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“Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.”

— Rumi

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“Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.”

— Psalm 143:10 (KJV)

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From rescue to community. (Sunday Letter)

I have been thinking about safety and home.

Imagine a small creature. Heart pounding, seeking refuge. It finds a hidden corner.

Safety, breath.

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I settle in.

The refuge transforms. It becomes more than shelter. I decorate. It becomes home.

The home grows comfortable. A place to flourish.

I open my home.

We welcome others in. Together, we create gathering.

Our home becomes a place of connection. We share stories, moments of peace. We find comfort in each other’s presence.

We grow together. Our gathering space becomes more than a refuge. It becomes a community.

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My journey is that of the small creature: From refuge to community.

Frightened, I pull inward and hide. What moved me to run loses its power, and I settle in. And then I want to share my rescue-home.

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Where, then, do we go next? Imagine if our gathering space, our space of community, was also a space of inspiration.

All who came were moved to leave the place and create their own spaces in their own communities and share them in their own way.

Imagine this peace spreading from home to home, from community to community.

From me to you to us to all.

– from the mountain

Consider:

How can I grow through these homes, and open a space of inspiration?

Reading:

“The grace that is the health of creatures can only be held in common. // In healing the scattered members come together.” — Wendell Berry

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“When the soul is at home, love flows freely.”

— John O’Donohue

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“Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.”

— Romans 12:13 (KJV)

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