Archive for the ‘Happiness’ Category
Morning Prayer 32/100. Spiritual sketching
Always a doodler and lately drawn to serious drawing, I’ve loved discovering spiritual sketching. Scribbling and doodling — just making marks on the page — have always had appeal. Yet, I recently noticed the several sketch pads and colored pencils and drawing pens I’ve collected but never put to use. So I signed up for […]
In: Beauty, Change, Colors, Creativity, Gratitude, Happiness, Joy, Life, Prayer, Spirituality · Tagged with: Divine Spirit, Energy, Joy, Love, Oneness, Peace, praying, spiritual simplicity
Morning Prayer 31/100. Now and then
“Now and then” suggests separation and, at the same time, connection. Now: this very moment that is ever changing as the where and when of reality; and then: time gone by and so literally gone, except in the memory. And there’s the throw-away phrase “now and then” which means “every once in a while, almost without thought, a […]
In: Affirmation, Change, Gratitude, Happiness, Inner Peace, Joy, Life, Love, Peace, Prayer, Praying · Tagged with: Affirmations, Divine Spirit, Joy, Love, Peace, praying, spiritual simplicity, Strength
Morning Prayer 30/100. Here and now.
Here and now — this place at this instant — is reality. Nothing else is. Here and now can be very hard to stay in. What happened 5 minutes ago was reality then. The turkey and cheese sandwich I made then is still reality, sitting here on the desk beside my laptop. However, the act of […]
In: Commitment, Grounded, Happiness, Home, Oneness, Peace, Prayer · Tagged with: Divine Spirit, Energy, God, Grounding, Oneness, Peace, spiritual simplicity
Morning Prayer 25/100. Who I am
Who I am is the essence of self-awareness. Knowing one’s Self is knowing one’s worth, one’s joy, and one’s strength. Perhaps, the simplest (but not easiest) exploration of one’s true self-knowledge is this: Turn around “who I am” into the question “who am I?” Ask and answer. Honestly. Ask again and answer again. And again […]