At the end, begin again, again

 "At the Edge of the Ocean: I have heard this music before, saith the body." ~ Mary Oliver

"Be" by Neil Diamond from the movie Jonathan Livingston Seagull listen here

"Cool Change" by Little River Band listen here

Devotions by Mary Oliver

"Evidence" p. 80 Devotions by Mary Oliver: "Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable. "

Feathers...  I've been seeing them often lately

God's Grace is everywhere

"Her heart's like a feather in a Tulsa wind / Seaside breeze'll bring her to life..." ~  Wild As Her

thank you, Ken.

"Just looking for somebody wild as her..." ~ "Wild As Her" by Corey Kent White

"Know I listen to all the words you say... I feel I can breathe with you today / When I discovered you The world became brand new / And I know there was more to do" listen here

 source: https://www.koicoaching.org/post/experience

"Make of yourself a light" ~ Buddha qtd. p.314 Devotions by Mary Oliver

"Nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility." ~ William Shakespeare 

One Step Up" by Bruce Springsteen watch and listen here

Pause... you can and will shift your mindset. ~ Kristen

"Questions you Might Ask" p. 313 Devotions by Mary Oliver

 

  

"Roses, Late Summer" p. 322 Devotions by Mary Oliver

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? "The Summer Day" by Mary Oliver p. 316

"...Understand delight. Visit the garden where the scarlet trumpets are opening their bodies for the hummingbirds who are drinking the sweetness,  who are thrilling gluttonous." p. 76

"Varansi" p. 55  Devotions by Mary Oliver

"eXhaustion" from "A Meeting" p. 384 

"You Love the Thunder" by Jackson Browne

"Zorbing with Ed Sheeran" Bridget's Having a Baby watch short clip here

All Souls "Praise the Mutilated World: Plants & Trees" and "The Natural World: Water"

All Souls "Praise the Mutilated World" "Plants & Trees"  and "The Natural World: Water"
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

by Robin Wall Kimmerer 

 source 7/24/22

Dispite its chllenges; dispite its wounds - be in awe of the natural world" ~ Aug 7, 2022

“Earth and Sea and Sky” Poem by Emmett Jarrett,

 source 8/7/22

"Feather a thrush lost, and the gentle light that strays and vanishes and returns."

"...Gentle light that strays and vanishesand returns...."

"Humility with which the earth and all of its specieces are considered in those cultures." ~ Carolyn Patierno

"Imbued with hope for peace... Imbued with blessing, with wisdom..."  ~ Carolyn Patierno

Jarrett, Emmett founder of NL Homeless Hospitality Center and St. Francis House

Kimmera reasons that plants know how to make food and medicine from light..."

"Like to imagine that when Skywoman scattered her handful of seeds across Turtle Island, she was sowing sustenance for the body and also for the mind, emotion, and spirit: she was leaving us teachers. The plants can tell us her story; we need to Learn to Listen."~ Robin Wall Kimmerer source

"Make food and Medicine from light and water, and then they give it away."

"...Nettles that methodically overgrow the abandoned homesteads of exiles." ~ Try to Praise the Mutilated World" by Adam Zagajewski

"...Oblivion awaited others..."

"Praise the Mutilated World: Plants & Trees"

Quotes are all available on All Souls New London's YouTube channel

"Remember June's long days, and wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew. Return in thought to the concert where music flared..."

Seeds that according to legend sky woman scattered across this land this land known to native peoples as turtle island those seeds sow sustenance for body mind, emotion and Spirit."  July 24, 2022

"Try to Praise the Mutilated World" by Adam Zagajewski listen here

Unitarian Hymn: "I Brought My Spirit to the Sea" 

I brought my spirit to the sea; I stood upon the shore.

I gazed upon infinity, I heard the waters roar.

And then there came a sense of peace, that whisper calmed my soul.

Some ancient ministry of stars had made my spirit whole.

I brought my spirit to the trees that loomed against the sky.

I touched each wand'ring careless breeze to know if God was nigh.

And then I felt an inner flame that fiercely burned my tears.

Upright, I rose from bended knee to meet the asking years." by Max Kapp source

Viewing our actions as spiritual practice

Water Cycle  source

"eXecutioners sing joyfully." as in...

"You've seen the refugees going nowhere, you've heard the executioners sing joyfully."

Zagajewski's poem  listen here