This has been a year
of many in-betweens.
I have found my myself between
jobs,
emotions,
life and death.
Yet there is so much beauty
in the rhythm of each breath.
The Beauty of In Between
Tag / beauty
The End of the Chase
In this season, I find myself exhausted by the chase that so many of us have turned our lives into. But the beauty that comes by simply being still is often indescribable.
A Simple Haiku
Obviously….
By the number of words on this website, I use a lot of them. I love words.
Words are such a beautiful tool for connecting and communicating.
But sometimes…. words fall on unhearing ears sifted through filters of fear. And it is time to simply stop the talk and let go.
I found a spot yesterday where so much was expressed and released in silence.
And I find it only took the 17 simple syllables of a Haiku to sum it up:
Day moon
stamped sky
Quiet creek
by the road
Heart flies free
as I let go
Glimmers & Triggers
As a survivor of pretty intense bullying as a child from K-12 and some other trauma in my adult life, I am very familiar with the term “triggers.”
But it is only recently that I have started seeing a term out there for a precious gift that has helped me navigate through those triggers and live a beautiful (though sometimes messy) life.
In the same way triggers can transport us to a place of panic and survival mode, glimmers transport us to a place of thriving, peace, joy, and a greater connection to the deep inner strength of our Maker.
The best thing about glimmers?? You can choose to surround yourself with them and train yourself to see them.
We really can’t control triggers since they are so specific to the way we are individually wired and can be something we face often in day-to-day life.
But glimmers?? We can stir those things up!
There is good reason you see so many photos of sky and birds and such on my blog and social media feeds. Yes, I’m glad other people are blessed by them sometimes. But those are glimmers I seek out for myself…. Medicine for the depths of my soul.
My challenge to us today: Let’s focus so much on the glimmers of grace and beauty our Maker so masterfully surrounds us with. In doing this, those glimmers will begin to soften the blows of the triggers.
Peace, friends!
LIFE Lessons From Along the Jogging Trail
“You are the light that shines for the world to see. You are like a city built on a hill that cannot be hidden.” – Matthew 5:14 Easy to Read Version (“ERV”)
“God raised Jesus from death. And if God’s Spirit lives in you, He will also give life to your bodies that die. Yes, God is the one who raised Christ from death, and He will raise you to LIFE through His Spirit living in you.” – Romans 8:15 ERV
“So when we were baptized, we were buried with Christ and took part in His death. And just as Christ was raised from death by the wonderful power of the Father, so we can now live a new life.” – Romans 6:4 ERV
Ragamuffin Oasis: Finding Our Places to Just Be 