👏👏👏David Marlow...I don't know why...maybe it's because I've been dreaming of the garden I'm putting in the (currently styling a ground zero w/ grass vibe) backyard...but I immediately thought of the civil engineer...fused w/ revolutionary gardener that is Mel Bartholomew:
AND even more so while reading it...in addition to the Three Sisters' Gardening Design taught to me through Robin Wall Kimmerer in Braiding Sweetgrass:
Correction...the Wednesday observance is Happy Well-being Wednesday...as today is in fact...Wednesday! 😐😂 LOL AND...now on second cup of coffee...THAT's the beauty of the themes of these daily observances...they are intentionally designed to be universally applicable...so WIN at not knowing what day it is! LOL
I see life as a tapestry. Only we are currently on the back side, where everything is knots and cut ends. The beauty comes when we finally reach the other side.
Thank you for sharing this reflection Michael...I'm wondering...do you ever feel the knots & cut ends are actually a part of puzzling together the "other side" already before us...sorta like...making a mosaic out of broken glass?
I ask because your reflection reminded me of this piece:
Whispers For The Soul
·
"Grandma how do you deal with pain?"
"With your hands, dear.
"When you do it with your mind, the pain hardens even more."
“With your hands, grandma?"
"Yes, yes.
Our hands are the antennas of our Soul.
When you move them by sewing, cooking, painting, touching the earth or sinking them into the earth, they send signals of caring to the deepest part of you and your Soul calms down.
This way she doesn't have to send pain anymore to show it.”
"Are hands really that important?"
"Yes my girl.
Think of babies: they get to know the world thanks to their touch.
When you look at the hands of older people, they tell more about their lives than any other part of the body.
Everything that is made by hand, so it is said, is made with the heart because it really is like this: hands and heart are connected.
Think of lovers: When their hands touch, they love each other in the most sublime way.”
"My hands grandma... how long since I used them like that!"
Move them my love, start creating with them and everything in you will move.
The pain will not pass away.
But it will be the best masterpiece.
And it won't hurt as much anymore, because you managed to embroider your Essence.
That is beautiful. I think it is very much like a mosiac out of broken glass. All the 'bad' actual turns out to be for the good, eventually.
As it says in Romans 8:28: “For God works all things together for good to those who love him and are called according to his purpose.” Even the brken and the ugly.
Well, then; broken & ugly are we all...a constant mosaic in progress Michael! There was a quote that came across my socials yesterday while people celebrated neurodivergence (we are all as neurodivergent as our fingerprints...in my humble experience" AND..."together, we all add up."🙏
👏👏👏David Marlow...I don't know why...maybe it's because I've been dreaming of the garden I'm putting in the (currently styling a ground zero w/ grass vibe) backyard...but I immediately thought of the civil engineer...fused w/ revolutionary gardener that is Mel Bartholomew:
https://youtu.be/gucAOaQviWc .......SIMPLY seeing the imagery & title of this piece!
AND even more so while reading it...in addition to the Three Sisters' Gardening Design taught to me through Robin Wall Kimmerer in Braiding Sweetgrass:
https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/
ON Jane Goodall's 90th birthday 🥳of all days, you ninja! 🥷
https://news.janegoodall.org/2021/05/11/dr-goodalls-new-book-book-of-hope-provides-hope-in-2021/
In conclusion, I'm most reminded of the most moving creation I've encountered to date...of yours...on the subject of trees...w/ a Ram Dass link!
https://open.substack.com/pub/ikiquest/p/marlows-musings-11424?r=1xmhh9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Happy Transcend Our Self-Limiting Beliefs & Behaviors Tuesday! 💃
This was so much fun to read Alivyana!
Correction...the Wednesday observance is Happy Well-being Wednesday...as today is in fact...Wednesday! 😐😂 LOL AND...now on second cup of coffee...THAT's the beauty of the themes of these daily observances...they are intentionally designed to be universally applicable...so WIN at not knowing what day it is! LOL
I see life as a tapestry. Only we are currently on the back side, where everything is knots and cut ends. The beauty comes when we finally reach the other side.
Thank you for sharing this reflection Michael...I'm wondering...do you ever feel the knots & cut ends are actually a part of puzzling together the "other side" already before us...sorta like...making a mosaic out of broken glass?
I ask because your reflection reminded me of this piece:
Whispers For The Soul
·
"Grandma how do you deal with pain?"
"With your hands, dear.
"When you do it with your mind, the pain hardens even more."
“With your hands, grandma?"
"Yes, yes.
Our hands are the antennas of our Soul.
When you move them by sewing, cooking, painting, touching the earth or sinking them into the earth, they send signals of caring to the deepest part of you and your Soul calms down.
This way she doesn't have to send pain anymore to show it.”
"Are hands really that important?"
"Yes my girl.
Think of babies: they get to know the world thanks to their touch.
When you look at the hands of older people, they tell more about their lives than any other part of the body.
Everything that is made by hand, so it is said, is made with the heart because it really is like this: hands and heart are connected.
Think of lovers: When their hands touch, they love each other in the most sublime way.”
"My hands grandma... how long since I used them like that!"
Move them my love, start creating with them and everything in you will move.
The pain will not pass away.
But it will be the best masterpiece.
And it won't hurt as much anymore, because you managed to embroider your Essence.
Elena Barnabé
That is beautiful. I think it is very much like a mosiac out of broken glass. All the 'bad' actual turns out to be for the good, eventually.
As it says in Romans 8:28: “For God works all things together for good to those who love him and are called according to his purpose.” Even the brken and the ugly.
Well, then; broken & ugly are we all...a constant mosaic in progress Michael! There was a quote that came across my socials yesterday while people celebrated neurodivergence (we are all as neurodivergent as our fingerprints...in my humble experience" AND..."together, we all add up."🙏