Tag Archives: spirituality

Spiritual Beauty

Posted on May 30, 2015 by debbiej1111

I look at her and she is oblivious to what I see, to what I know.  This thought is amusing in a way, it is also full of melancholy for it is her lack of confidence that keeps this knowledge … Continue reading →

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Darkness

Posted on May 29, 2015 by debbiej1111

I have felt the coolness of darkness as it brushed my cheek and tousled my hair. Darkness and I have become ancient friends. When this blanket of darkness first came to me I fought with it. The more I fought … Continue reading →

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My Daughter Asleep

Posted on December 2, 2014 by debbiej1111

Carrying a child, I carry a bundle of sleeping future appearances. I carry my daughter adrift on my shoulder, dreaming her slender dreams and I carry her beneath the window, watching her moon lit palm open and close like a … Continue reading →

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Let it Be

Posted on October 25, 2014 by debbiej1111

They sang this song at my daughter’s middle school music program.  Right away when they said they were going to sing it I was excited.  I love this song and actually had not heard it for a very long time.  … Continue reading →

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Conversation

Posted on October 22, 2014 by debbiej1111

Recently I have been introduced to the poetry of David Whyte. I think perhaps I was looking over some notes I took from my spiritual class and there was a reference in it about a poem from David Whyte that … Continue reading →

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Sweet Darkness

Posted on October 6, 2014 by debbiej1111

When your eyes are tired the world is tired also. When your vision has gone no part of the world can find you. Time to go into the dark where the night has eyes to recognize its own. There you … Continue reading →

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Sacred Space

Posted on July 26, 2014 by debbiej1111

I had the extreme privilege and pleasure to spend a day with four beautiful, dynamic, moving women this week at the Pathways Spiritual Sanctuary. This place is truly a sacred space. From the moment I open the wooden door I … Continue reading →

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Held Hostage

Posted on July 23, 2014 by debbiej1111

I for the most part stay out of politics. At this time I do not claim any political party much as I do not claim any religious affiliation. I believe both to be too complicated and of importance to be … Continue reading →

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I love

Posted on May 6, 2014 by debbiej1111

I went for a walk/run on Easter in the town I grew up in. On this particular day I decided to go to the college campus where I spent a lot of time as a teenager. One of the things … Continue reading →

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If your goin’ through hell

Posted on May 3, 2014 by debbiej1111

It’s sometimes funny the things that catch our attention on certain days and at certain times. I heard this song a few weeks ago. I know that it is an old song and I have heard it before, however, on … Continue reading →

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