When we choose to vest presence with love and gratitude,
silence may be a beautiful gift to share.
Much peace and abundant love,
Joy
Reminder: Linger. Savor. Relish.
If you like the format and feel of this message, you might also enjoy the complimentary “A Daily Whisper” series.
I appreciate that you are holding space for this 28 day series. I have been sharing so many words, I felt it would be refreshing to share a simple affirmation. (If you turn that inward, in what area might you apply that concept?)
This is a beautiful thing for me to reflect on today. I think I am going to sit iwth it and let it mull over in my mind.
Thank you, Jodi…I have written previously that I was raised with silence as a discipline, yet I now find it a beautiful gift, an oasis in which to sit and refresh and celebrate; to do this with another adds depth to the connection. If you feel comfortable sharing, I would love to receive your contemplative reflection!
A Noiseless Patient Spider
A noiseless patient spider,
I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated,
Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding,
It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,
Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.
And you O my soul where you stand,
Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them,
Till the bridge you will need be form’d, till the ductile anchor hold,
Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.
~ Walt Whitman
1862-1863 1871, 1881
Thank you for sharing a beautiful poem, Rand.
Ahhhhhh—–
A breath of fresh air, Jean, thank you!