Posts under ‘Balance’

Lakota Prayer
Wakan Tanka, Great Mystery,
teach me how to trust
my heart,
my mind,
my intuition,
my inner knowing,
the senses of my body,
the blessings of my spirit.
Teach me to trust these things
so that I may enter my Sacred Space
and love beyond my fear,
and thus Walk in Balance
with the passing of each glorious Sun.

According to the Native People, the Sacred Space [...]

“Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”
~Rumi
It doesn’t have to be just during tough times that we can make adjustments to [...]

“I peacefully resist all the discouraging voices I hear.”

“Our lives and our minds are often full of voices telling us what we can’t do and who we can’t be. There never seems to be a shortage of reasons why we shouldn’t try new things, take risks, or do our best. There are always plenty of [...]

Well, it would be nice to be able to tell you that I’ve been on vacation for the past week on some hot, tropical island… but, in all reality, the past week just slipped away. For the last month or so I’ve been taking the time to initiate some new changes into my life, get [...]

The Quiet Place

It’s very still here.
There is a peace and silence that is deafening.
It is a place where nothing seems to be able to touch me.
It is a place where I can stand and
     watch the whole world spinning by,
          whirling in its array of activities
               and struggles
                    and conflicts
                         and joys
                              and anguish;
yet I [...]