Author: Anne

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TRUTH BETWEEN US

If I insist on giving you my truth, and never stop to receive your truth in return, there can be no truth between us.

Quote by Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton OCSO (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968) was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist, and scholar of comparative religion. On May 26, 1949, he was ordained to the priesthood and given the name “Father Louis”. He was a member of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, living there from 1941 to his death.

 

REFLECTION:

  • Do you speak your truth?
  • Do you listen to the truth of others?
  • How can you improve truth telling in your relationships?

GIFT OF THE DAY

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

Quote by Horace

Quintus Horatius Flaccus  8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Caesar Agustus. 

REFLECTION:

  • What percentage of time do you spend thinking about the future?
  • What if you spend today living in the now and find the gifts todays brings forth?
  • How does the view change?

BEING WITH

The reflex to solve, rescue, and fix removes us from the tenderness at hand.  For often, intimacy arises not from any attempt to take the pain away, but from a living through together; not from a working out, but from a being with.  Trust and closeness deepen from holding and being held, both emotionally and physically.

Quote by Mark Nepo from his BOOK OF AWAKENING  Having the Life You Want By Being Present to the Life You Have

REFLECTION:

  • Do you attempt to solve, rescue or fix?
  • How often do you allow yourself to just “be with” someone?
  • Do you allow others to hold you, emotionally and or physically when struggling?
  • Do you hold another either physically or emotionally when they are struggling? 
  • Try “being with” someone today… no rescuing, solving or fixing!