"We who have lost our sense and our senses - our touch, our smell, our vision of who we are; we who frantically force and press things, without rest for body or spirit, hurting our earth and injuring ourselves: we call a halt.
We want to rest. We need to rest and allow the earth to rest. We need to reflect and to rediscover the mystery that lves in us, that is the ground of every unique expression of life, the source of the fascination that calls all things to communion.
We declare a Sabbath, a space of quiet: for simply being and letting be; for recovering the great, forgotten truths, for learning how to live again."
U.N. Environmental Sabbath Programme
I wish each of you a time out, a time of spaciousness and generosity with enough leisure to think creative thoughts, with enough quiet to hear your own thoughts (and maybe the sounds of nature too!), with enough space to breathe deeply. And then breathe again - simply because it feels so good. May you gift yourself this - your own birthright and blessing.
I wish you a true and lovely Sabbath, this week, and every week.
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Dear Gyllian,
ReplyDeleteJust discovered your blog this evening and am so deeply moved by this post (and others). I feel like a blessing has come over me in finding this haven you've created. Thank you.
Lisa Feythe