A VITAL FORCE

ARTFUL WRITING

How calming is this orchid’s reflection

speaking to my soul

a longing for beauty and peace

a place for everlasting life

CIRCLE OF LIFE

HAIKU

The circle of life

a mysterious calling

to come fully alive

“Courage is fear that has said its prayer.”  —Fr. Wade Menendez

COMMANDING RESPECT

CINQUAIN POEM

There is

grace and power

in acquiescing love

rather than riches or fame claimed

heart light

happy

 

‘STAY IN THE MIDDLE’

OFF THE CUFF WRITING

My mother’s wisdom reminds me of this saying:

“It’s best to be in the middle, using your left hand, you can help raise someone up, and when you stretch forth your right hand, someone can pull you up in a jiffy.  Either way,  it’s good to stay in the middle.” —Denyse Dawson

The other day, I had the occasion to do just that, thanks!  Maman.

“Man is in the middle between God and nothingness.”  –John Paul II

 

AS A GARDEN SPRINGS UP GROWTH

A Provençale Garden

HAIKU

Birds gather hungry

Open hearts await the One

O garden delight

“The kiss of the sun for pardon, the song of birds for mirth, One is nearer God’s heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth.”  —Dorothy Frances Gurney Forbes

LOOKING FOR INFINITY

WEDNESDAY’S BLESSING

“Man believes with his heart.”  –Romans 10:10

“It is the heart that must be set apart” because it contains the Will.

“Make some place of solitude for yourself, where you can meditate in secret on the sweetness of eternal goods…Set yourself apart with Jesus; pour out your soul before him.  Beseech him to give you the grace that will allow the attractions of heaven to draw you  forth from those of this world, the grace that sets the heart  apart,”  to believe.

–Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, French theologian