Pass On The Love

May today there be peace within. 

May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.

May you be content with yourself just the way you are.

Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us.

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Occasionally, this quote arrives in my inbox, just when I need it.  Most forwards get deleted, but this one I always read out loud to myself...and let it settle in my bones.

Here's to you on this Monday morning, dear reader. Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, however you're feeling; breathe into it...

pass on the love ~

To Live Content

To live content with small means,
to seek elegance rather than luxury,
and refinement rather than fashion,
to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich,
to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly,
to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, 
with open heart,
to bear all cheerfully,
do all bravely,
await occasions,
hurry never -
in a word, to let the spiritual, 
unbidden and unconscious,
grow up through the common.
This is to be my symphony.


~ William Ellery Channing


from Earth Prayers from Around The World

The Soft Place

practice contentment was my word card for the day.

This felt spot on seeing that I'd woken in the dark next to Michael, chest humming with nervous energy, mind at the starting gate. Buzzy, buzzy, buzzy bee mind.

practice contentment

Practice holding myself, this life, in the soft place, allowing things to be just as they are, rather than what I wish them to be. Letting it be enough.

Earlier, before the bus stop and dog walking, I'd said to Michael, "I'm happy in so many ways. Our family. You. Me. We're good. We're for each other. But..."

There was the but.

But... money, uncertainty about work, the future, all the unknowns. 

Drop the but.

practice contentment.