Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “life”
Life Chose Meby Rev. Gil William Olmstead, Spiritual Director What a gift it is to be living! I am grateful that Life chose me; that the creative power of the Universe has chosen to live Itself as me! This gratitude fills me as I observe the beauty of Spirit all around me: in the sunlight; in the wind blowing by me; in the birds and the animals; in the grandeur of the landscape. Spirit is …
Divine Joyby Rev. Kamatara Filipiak, Director of Collaborative Ministries The One Loving Source says hi everyday, as the sun comes up and goes down over the Sandias, as the birds chirp in my yucca, as the hummingbirds come to visit, as the neighbor children play in the rain puddles…This is Divine Joy expressing in the now. And I am an expression of Divine Joy as well. I am aligned with the Divine that is the presence and …
Surrendering to Lifeby Nancy R Bowers. RScP Acknowledge the fact of a thing and you will find peace in that plain act. And the fact of a thing includes your response to it. Surrender to the fact of being afraid. Surender to whatever is, in the moment. Stand in the full reality of being angry, or lonely. Do not resist it. Stand with both feet on the fact of what is bringing you pain, frustration, …
The How by Chaplain Tilia Giron, Ph.D., RScP It’s not the amount of time I have, it’s how I use my time. It’s not the amount of life I have, it’s how I live my life in the amount of time that’s mine. I choose to live my life with deliberateness, intentionality, boundaries, compassion and love for myself and others. I choose to create space and life and light for myself – – – Myself, …
Universal Lifeby Gil William Olmstead, Spiritual Director It is in gratitude that I sit down to write this prayer. For I know that the life of Spirit is my life; I know that the life of Spirit is your life; I know that Spirit is the life of all things. We are all bound together in the One Life that is that the Universal Life. And because it is numerous, the Universal Life is the …
Creationby Rev. Gil William Olmstead, Spiritual Director I live this life in gratitude. The wonder of it all overwhelms me on a regular basis. Knowing that I am a creation of the One, made of the “stuff” of all Creation blows my mind. And if that is my reality it must be the reality of all Creation. The Living Spirit expresses Itself through Its Creation! Everywhere we look is that Creation. It is inside, outside, …
Alivenessby Rev. Gil Olmstead, Spiritual Director The crisp air reminds us we are alive. The hot sun reminds us we are alive. The loving embrace of another reminds us we are alive. The sting of a bee on a summers day reminds us we are alive. All things point to being alive – or simply life. It is but one thing, one power, one source, activity that is this aliveness. I am that aliveness. I …
The Joy of Embracing Life as It Isby Nancy R Bowers, RScP What a joy to awaken each day certain in my awareness of the absolute support of the Universe. Lately, I’ve been noticing all the hidden pockets of fear that have been living in my mind, unexamined, unexposed. I see them cowering. I understand, at long last, the illusion. They are but shadows reflecting back to me where I’ve been harboring exceptions, as if …
Standing on the Edge of Possibleby Rev. Gil William Olmstead, Spiritual Director The brilliance of life is a divine place of gratitude. How incredible that divinity is our very breath. The perfection of all creation – beautiful lakes and rivers, flowers big and small, life in all of it’s variety – abounds in all that we witness around us. And that same Life is operates as me and you and all people. The fullness of …
Each Sacred Momentby Rev, Kamatara, Director of Collaborative Ministries There is but One Loving Source that is the Divine Essence of all things, all beings, all place, and all times. God is the Unlimited Potentiality expressing in the now as Love, Joy, Abundance, and Health. All of these qualities are whole, complete, and perfect for the Divine can be nothing less than All. And so I too am an expression of the One Loving Source. …
