My sister-in-law sent me
a wonderful article today.
The author wrote of the
sacred. She closed with
this comment . . .
"May you see sacredness
in your daily life- in the
taste of your favorite foods,
in the green growing things
around you, in the crowded
parking lot or the line in your
supermarket, in the laughter
from a friend's inside joke, in
the tears you shed when you
are hurting, and especially in
the beautiful sacred souls all
around you."
~Marjorie Jorie Ellenwood
I've always tended toward
the spiritual over the religious,
like my father rather than my
mother. Still, I enjoyed my
studies when taking a degree
in Religion and Philosophy.
I love the study still, but it's
the practice of spirituality
that calls to me.
I wonder if religion doesn't
lie in the mind and spirituality
in the heart. Perhaps religion
addresses our beliefs, whereas
spirituality our actions?!
Whatever our beliefs, practices,
I pray we will each grow in the
acceptance of others and their
ways. Perhaps spirituality can
rescue us from narrow thinking.
I am slowly but surely coming
to believe that a better new year
awaits us with the opening of
both our hearts and minds.
This may be our only recourse
for personal growth as well as
an inkling of heaven on earth.
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