What About Your Rushed and Useful Life?

Hi, y'all,

This week I want to share my reflections on the following:

• Poetry and friendship as tools for sacred listening.

• The value of setting your intention with consistency.

• The benefit of being a mentor of empathy.

Mindfulness helps you see the insight, the meaning, or the aha moment just below the surface of ordinary life.

Let’s dive in!

1 Quote

And you – what of your rushed and useful life? Imagine setting it all down – papers, plans, appointments, everything, leaving only a note:  “Gone to the fields to be lovely. Be back when I’m through blooming.” – Lynn Ungar, “Camas Lilies”

3 Insights      

Mindful practices of poetry and friendship can be transformational tools for sacred listening:

One of my friends from seminary is a Franciscan monk, Tony. He has this bright smile and a contagious laugh. His superpower is being a court jester and a serious thi…