Archive for the ‘Humility’ Category
My Joyful, Humble Return. Thank You!
With thanks in a dozen directions, I am returning to regular postings of Prayerful Life with excitement and commitment. One of the reasons, then, for this short post to announce that I plan to be posting here very regularly. A related reason is to hold myself accountable to you: I intend to hold myself to […]
In: Gratitude, Humility, Joy, Prayer, Praying · Tagged with: praying
Calm Down! It’s Worth the Effort.
How often do you say to yourself, “Calm down?” How often does someone else suggest kindly, lovingly that you calm down? The current State of Life may give us cause operate at turbo speed. We ramp up our energies, fuel-inject our emotions, and ignite our intensity. Sometimes one’s personal odometer gets close to–or crosses over–the […]
In: Breath, Energy, Grounded, Happiness, Healing, Humility, Inner Peace, Peacefulness, Prayer · Tagged with: Grounding, Peace, praying
My Go at Centering Prayer: Not Yet Successful
Maybe my years of mindful meditation have made my recent stab at centering prayer more than tricky. Fr. Thomas Keating says the reason for centering prayer is “to contribute to bringing the knowledge and experience of God’s love into the general consciousness of the human family.” It is a discipline meant to get us past […]
In: God, Grounded, Humility, Prayer, Praying · Tagged with: God, Prayer
Spiritual Authenticity: The Power of Letting Go
This morning I was thrilled to read: Spiritual authenticity is always in some way or on some level about letting go. That appeared in Richard Rohr‘s Center for Action and Contemplation meditation. I enjoyed feeling clarity thanks to the explicitness of his statement. Just let go. I understood the words and I felt I had […]
In: Authenticity, Christ Spirit, God, Humility, Prayer, Praying · Tagged with: Authenticity, Christ, Humility, Prayer
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