Author: clfuu

“Spirit, I would really rather not learn this.
Didn’t think I needed to.
I thought someone else could do it. Thought a leader was coming to do it. Thought the young people could do it. Or the elders could do it. Or the professionals.
Or I don’t want to learn it ‘cause it means letting go of something I hold dear.
Letting go of being someone who knows the answers.
Letting go of being someone who doesn’t know.
Letting go of the way I see the world.
Letting go of how I might have to change.
Letting go of certainty, of logic, of facts, of control.
Of the myth that you can live on this earth and not harm.
Or the myth that I can’t learn anything new.
Help me to learn it. Please.
And then help me to live what I have learned.
And do right by the gift of being taught.”
-Elizabeth Nguyen

What do you need to trust enough to let go of today?

“From your watchful gaze, we are fully seen and known. From your enduring presence, we are never left behind. We will fall short of honoring your intention for our lives, and yet somehow your hope for us remains as boundless as the sea, and in your hand we are forever held fast. May all…know the peace of your blessing. Call us by name. Claim us as your own.”
-Susan Maginn

Imagine yourself being wrapped in a blanket of protective love. Feel it claim you as worthy and known.

“We pray for any among us who have not yet discovered
our own power to bless the world.
We pray to find the courage and grace
to move one step closer to healing, and to the sacred potential of our lives.
We pray for strength, grateful for all that is not lost,
for the ever-renewing powers of life,
for our chance to play our part in this life
we have been given to share with one another.”
-John and Sarah Gibb Milspaugh

Find the courage and grace to move closer to healing today.

“Give us the clarity needed to remember that the essence of your love and light resides in each of us. Divine one, it is through faith and by grace that we have survived the suffering and despair thrust upon us. Strengthen our resolve to work for justice and healing in a land filled with broken people. Help us to find hope amidst our perceived hopelessness. Refresh and restore our spirits with renewed vigor. Give us courage to get up as we fall again and again.”
-Addae Ama Kraba

What do you need clarity around today? Can you still your being long enough to find it?

“Touch the earth, reach the sky! Walk on shares while spirits fly over the ocean, over the land, our faith a quest to understand.”
-Grace Lewis-McLaren

Touch the earth as a prayer today. Feel your connection to our planet.