Author: clfuu

If you focus on the window itself, you lose sight of the trees beyond it. And if you focus on the trees you will probably miss the view of the sky.

What helps you to gain a perspective that goes beyond your daily concerns?

Sometimes the simple feeling of someone’s hand in ours, or a friendly hug or pat on the back, is enough to give us the strength to go out in the world.

When has human touch given your strength or courage?

Tibetan prayer flags flutter in the wind, each movement a prayer sent out into the world.

What prayers do you send out into the world?

“In this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in grass. Love it. Love it hard. Yonder they do not love your flesh. They despise it…. You got to love it. This is flesh I’m talking about here. Flesh that needs to be loved. Feet that need to rest and to dance; backs that need support; shoulders that need arms, strong arms I’m telling you. And O my people, out yonder, hear me, they do not love your neck unnoosed and straight. So love your neck; put a hand on it, grace it, stroke it and hold it up.”
― Toni Morrison

How have you learned to love your flesh in the face of those who despise it?

“I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help,” writes the Psalmist. Or you might lift up your eyes to the clouds or the moon or the sky at sunset—whatever helps you past the daily grind and into the grace of the beautiful.

Where do you turn your gaze when you need help?