Jeez Louise

 Word for the day:  QUIET.  Interestingly, quiet can be an adjective, a noun, or a verb. adjective 1.  .   carried out  discreetly ,  secretly , or with  moderation . Opposite: public noun  2.  absence of noise or   bustle ; silence; calm. verb.  3.  make or become silent, still , calm             Looking out at Browne’s Mountsin from a friend’s deck.   The quiet, the birds are out in full symphony on our First over 70 degree day!        Jeez Louise!!!             

 Word of the day: detachment: being objective or aloof. But in the spiritual sense, it takes on a whole different meaning:   According to the Bhagavad Gita: acting with detachment means  doing the right thing for its own sake, because it needs to be done, without worrying about success or failure . And Richard Rohr in his daily reflections from “A Spring Within Us”:                                                                To any of us comfortable people, detachment sounds like losing, but it is actually about accessing a deeper, broader sense of the self, which is already whole, already content, already filled with abundant life. This is the part of us that has always loved God and has always said “yes” to God. It’s the part of us that is Love, and all we have to do is  let go and fall into it . It’s alr...

 Word of the day: EID.       Celebrated twice a year.      The first is at the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting in the Muslim world.   Eid al-Fitr - which means " festival of the breaking of the fast " - is celebrated at the end of Ramadan, a holy month when many adult Muslims fast.          There are two major eids in the Islamic calendar per year – Eid al-Fitr earlier in the year and Eid al-Adha later. Eid al-Fitr is a three-day-long festival and is known as  the “Lesser” or “Smaller Eid”  when compared to Eid al-Adha, which is four-days-long and is known as the “Greater Eid.” I found my time in Marrakech extremely eye opening.  Hearing prayer resound throughout the city 5 times a day was very mindful.  It allowed me a moment to 🛑 and be grateful!  STOP in Arabic            Walking into Madina in Rabat, the capital!             ...

 Words of the day are from reflection fro Richar Rohr and his Daily Contemplations.  These “eloquent” words are from Thomas Merton and Rachel Scrubus: “ Even our mistakes are eloquent, more than we know.” [1] Thomas Merton “A sense of sacred irony, of eloquent mistakes, has for centuries enabled Christians to call the Friday of Jesus’ tortuous execution “good.” This is not a matter of putting a happy spin on a grisly, unjust tragedy. Good Friday, and all Christian life, is about embracing paradox.“ So, how do I, we as a world justify the paradox of Israeli soldiers beating Muslims in their place of worship during their most holy month of Ramadan?  How do we justify rich countries treating their immigrants like cattle?  But wait, they aren’t “their” or “our”.  They are the “other.” So England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 can place them on barges  as they await shipping them, “the other” back to Rwanda 🇷🇼.  How can Italy 🇮🇹, the home of our Pope, and all of the EU...

 Words for the day:   “  The important thing is not to think much but to love much, and so to do whatever best awakens you to love.” —Teresa of Ávila I have also been contemplating Holy Week vs Wholly Week; Palm Sunday vs Psalm Sunday! Waking up to a week of contemplation regarding my Christian faith and it’s roots.  I am always in awe when the religious calendars of the world collide:  Easter Season, Passover, the day before Holy Thursday, the celebration of the Passover of our Lord!   And Ramadan throughout! All our religions focusing on this Holy time, an opportunity for it to be a wholly time!   And in my faith, it is this symbol: This exhibit is on display at Spokane’s Museum of Art and Culture.  The beautiful bead work of  “Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence  showcases a new form of bead art, the ndwango, developed by a community of women living and working together in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. “. The MAC T...