From our friends at Soul Matters:

Because the road
turns long and lonely sometimes,
I built this box of delight.
I picked up the lid
and into it I put…

My children laughing, together.
The look of giddy disbelief on my mother’s face when that … read more.

From our friends at Soul Matters:

…it starts when you say We 
and know who you mean, and each 
day you mean one more.
–Marge Piercy, from The Low Road

Out of all our themes this year, resistance is among the most complex. But it also … read more.

 

It may be that when we no longer know what to do

we have come to our real work,

and that when we no longer know which way to go

we have come to our real journey.

The mind that is not baffled is not employed.

The impeded stream is … read more.

 

It began from the beginning,

for most of us.

Came in the form of family.

A bloodline that brought us into being, 

and at its best, allowed us to bloom. 

Then sent us on our way with courage, 

and a reminder tucked into the pocket 

of our heart 

which read, “You can always … read more.

When we talk of finding our center, it’s natural for calm and rest to be the first things that come to mind. Who would expect anything different? After all, the need for calm is everywhere we look. So, so many of us are tired. We’re … read more.

This month’s Soul Matters theme welcomes us to The Path of Wonder …

This seems to me the main problem … How can we contrive to be at once astonished at the world and yet at home in it? … How can this world give us … read more.