May 30 through June 6, 2021

"And the rain, rain, rain, came down, down, down in rushing, rising riv'lets 'Til the river crept out of its bed. And crept right into Piglet's Poor Piglet's" ~ A.A. Milne 
Beautiful Blooms
Clouds and Coffee at sunrise

Dancing seeds for three seed tea (see "T" below)
Early morning Energy
Family and Friends
Gardening, Groceries, and Growing in Grace
Hummingbirds, Honeysuckle, and House plant care
Iris in the All Souls UU Peace Garden
Jurassic Park snark: an oldie but goodie - and some amazing quotes too!! See "U" an a link below
Kitten in windows and soon in our home? Maybe, maybe in a few months, we shall see...
Long lovely walks with Misty and this song "Let There Be Peace on Earth" Listen here
Memorial Day weekend, Much rain, but... More flowers, Morning, GLORY indeed!
New Neighbor conversations and connections
Ordination of Ann Kadlecek - All Souls New London - June 6, 2021 
"Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all..."
Questions, answers, and more Quotes from Jurassic Park here
Raindrops on Roses, and Iris, and sap on new pine cones...
Sweet Scents of lilac, honeysuckle, and berry blooms enveloping us as we walk...
Three Seed Tea for gut health, proper digestion, and so much more (learn more here)
Um, I’ll Tell You The Problem With The Scientific Power That You’re Using Here. It Didn’t Require Any Discipline To Attain It.” ~ Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
Video of Memorial Day Service :"Speak Peace: You Have A Voice" click here
 May 30, 2021
"X is for... X-ray tech ;) 
"Yet today I call you to my riverside / If you will study war no more. Come, Clad in peace, and I will sing the songs / The Creator gave to me when I and the Tree and the rock were one / Before cynicism was a bloody sear across your Brow and when you yet knew you still / Knew nothing / The River sang and sings on." ~ Maya Angelou
 I got to be in the children's area for my library shift. Yay!


Steady Me, Steady Me...

 "Anchor" by Skillet listen here New London, CT
"Body is weak but I'm trying / To make it to shore, but I'm falling short / I need You more..."
"Come steady me, steady me now / When I get tired of finding / All of the fears I've been hiding / You gave me a breath, and tell me to rest..."
"Didn't I tell you Do not leave me / for I am your only Friend, I am the spring of life...
"Even if you leave for thousands of years You will come back to me for I am your goal and your end. Didn’t I tell you / not to be seduced / by this colorful world...
"For I am the Ultimate Painter. Didn’t I tell you / you are a Fish / do not go to dry land for I am the deep Sea....

Didn’t I tell you
not to fall in the net like birds
for I am your wings and
the power of light.

Didn’t I tell you
not to let them change your mind
and turn you to ice
for I am your fire and warmth.

Didn’t I tell you
they will corrupt you
and make you forget that
I am the Spring of all virtues.

Didn’t I tell you 
not to question my actions
for everything falls into order,
I am the Creator.

Didn’t I tell you
your heart can guide you home
because it knows that
I am your Master.- Rumi - listen and watch here
"Grading is a Scam (and Motivation is a Myth) | A Professor Explains" so good - listen here
Hold on to Me by Lauren Daigle listen here
"Jump into your life With you whole heart, trusting that you will FLY to God!" ~ cristi christensen
cristi christensen
"Keep holding on 'Cause you know we'll make it through ... Just stay strong / 'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you / There's nothing you can say, nothing you can do There's no other way when it comes to the truth" ~ Avril Lavigne
Long, Lovely walks and Laundry - both are important for balance :)
Misty has Meds for the treatment of Lyme disease now, and is doing so much better  
"Nothing in what Jesus himself or his early followers taught that suggests you can decide just to enjoy forgiveness at Jesus’s expense and have Nothing more to do with him." 
"Opening Our Lives to the Spirit" p. 41 Chapter 4 The Great Omission by Dallas Willard
Paraclete means advocate or helper. In Christianity, the term "paraclete" most commonly refers to the Holy Spirit as advocate or counselor (John 14:16, 26)
Quarantine Kids music is such a joy! click here for one of the earliest videos
Rumi, the 13th-century mystic poet, was truly one of the most passionate and profound poets in history... his presence remains strong, due in part to how his words seem to drip of the divine, and startle a profound remembrance that links all back to the Soul-Essence.  source
SSteady me, Steady me now
"Then he invites us to follow him into his practices, such as solitude, silence, study, service, worship, etc.—we call them “spiritual disciplines.” ~ p. 36 Chapter 3 The Great Omission by Dallas Willard
"you are an Unceasing spiritual being with an eternal destiny in god's great universe" ~ Dallas Willard
"Voices Learning From Others" John Mark Comer listen here
"We are to add virtue to our faith, knowledge to our virtue, self-control to our knowledge, patience to our self-control, godlikeness to our patience, brotherly love to our godlikeness, and agape to our brotherly love (2 Peter 1:5–7)
"...eXpect him to move in our circumstances and are attentive to his actions..." ~ Dallas Willard
You are my anchor / You're keeping my feet on the ground... You are my anchor / So steady me, steady me now
Zenith stretch by a creative minority to keep the wider culture healthy and alive : "What if [creative minorities] knew that truth and power have nothing to do with one another and that you do not need to rule the world to bring truth into the world?" source, and link to more here

~ A Tear and A Smile ~

A Tear and A Smile -
By Khalil Gibran

I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart
Joys of the multitude...joy in existence

And I would not have the tears that sadness makes
To flow from my every part turn into laughter.

I would that my life remain a tear and a smile.
A tear to purify my heart and give me understanding
Of life's secrets and hidden things.

A smile to draw me nigh to the sons of my kind and
To be a symbol of my glorification of the gods.

A tear to unite me with those of broken heart;
A smile to be a sign of my joy in existence.

I would rather that I died in yearning and longing
than that I live Weary and despairing.

I want the hunger for love and beauty to be in the
Depths of my spirit, for I have seen those who are
Satisfied the most wretched of people.
I have heard the sigh of those in yearning and Longing,
and it is sweeter than the sweetest melody.

With evening's coming the flower folds her petals
And sleeps, embracing her longing.
At morning's approach she opens her lips to meet
The sun's kiss.
The life of a flower is longing and fulfilment.
A tear and a smile.

The waters of the sea become vapor and rise and come
Together and are a cloud.

And the cloud floats above the hills and valleys
Until it meets the gentle breeze, then falls weeping
To the fields and joins with brooks and riversto Return to the sea, its home.

The life of clouds is a parting and a meeting.
A tear and a smile.

And so does the spirit become separated from
The greater spirit to move in the world of matter
And pass as a cloud over the mountain of sorrow

And the plains of joy to meet the breeze of death
And return whence it came.

To the ocean of Love and Beauty----to God.