May 6, STATIO

Word of the day:  statio

“In the monastic tradition, statio is the practice of stopping one thing before beginning another. It is the acknowledgment that in the space of transition and threshold is a sacred dimension, a holy pause full of possibility. This place between is a place of stillness, where we let go of what came before and prepare ourselves to enter fully into what comes next.  

Statio calls us to a sense of reverence for slowness, for mindfulness, and for the fertile dark spaces between our goals where we can pause and center ourselves, and listen. We can open up a space within for God to work. We can become fully conscious of what we are about to do rather than mindlessly completing another task.”

This is from Richard Rohr Daily Meditation:    Christine Valters Paintner, The Soul’s Slow Ripening: 12 Celtic Practices for Seeking the Sacred (Notre Dame, IN: Sorin Books, 2018), 9, 8

  In Seattle for the 2nd time since pandemic, visiting dear friends and attendance at the annual JVCNW fundraiser.  Grey and ☔️ rainy, but the flowers as always, are beautiful.  

                A camellia in my friend Patty’s yard

                           And her back yard

                  Need a house, only $1.17 million?

                        Lovely leaf colors

            Seattle, where Azalea bushes are trees!

Today, I have been attempting to STOP 🛑 and reflect before beginning another task.  Dave, on his first night fishing, in the stillness of the sunset:

            Caught a 17 inch Rainbow Trout! Yummy!

                             Jeez Louise!!!!!