“Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb.”
― Macrina Wiederkehr
The above is just beautiful. What if we all lived this simple truth on a daily basis? Can you imagine how the world would change, people be more respectful of the earth and nature around them, be more kind to each other and themselves, and more humble too?
Macrina has inspired much of my own love for ordinary beauty and holiness. Sadly, she recently died, and to honor her life and the influence she had on me, I will post a quote, saying, or poem from Macrina this week. I absolutely loved her book Seven Sacred Pauses, and the CD to go with it; her lovely poems and calls for sacred pauses put to music and sung by Velma Frye. One of my favorite authors, she was a beautiful spiritual guide, retreat leader, and wise woman.
― Macrina Wiederkehr
The above is just beautiful. What if we all lived this simple truth on a daily basis? Can you imagine how the world would change, people be more respectful of the earth and nature around them, be more kind to each other and themselves, and more humble too?
Macrina has inspired much of my own love for ordinary beauty and holiness. Sadly, she recently died, and to honor her life and the influence she had on me, I will post a quote, saying, or poem from Macrina this week. I absolutely loved her book Seven Sacred Pauses, and the CD to go with it; her lovely poems and calls for sacred pauses put to music and sung by Velma Frye. One of my favorite authors, she was a beautiful spiritual guide, retreat leader, and wise woman.
“O God, help me to believe the truth about myself, no
matter how beautiful it is.”
― Macrina Wiederkehr
Photo: Sunset Sky, Coral Honeysuckle
“Inevitably someone will ask me about the word mindfulness with a tone of caution, suggesting that this is a Buddhist concept. It is true that Buddhists have long been faithful to the practice of mindfulness, but striving to live mindfully is a universal quest and belongs to us all. Living mindfully is the art of living awake and ready to embrace the gift of the present moment.”
― Macrina Wiederkehr, Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Mindfully Through the Hours of the Day
― Macrina Wiederkehr, Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Mindfully Through the Hours of the Day
Photo: Nuthatch fledglings hovering together on the ground below their nest, found near the meditation path at Starry Meadows
"What beautiful task are you being called to this day? Getting up in the morning and waking up are not necessarily the same event." ~ Macrina Wiederkehr
Photo: Columbine
"Each morning night's curtain opens to a new day." Macrina Wiederkehr
When you awake each day I invite you to meditate for five minutes on the privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think and appreciate, to wonder and love.
Photo: "Mountain Morning" by Kim Landis
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