Creative work is best done for the sake of itself.
It should still be seen as work, however, in that we show up every day and put in the time and effort required to create.
Like all worthwhile things in life, creativity rewards discipline.
If we are to live as creative beings, the creative process must become our vocation for the sake of itself.
The work is the reward. The art is the result.
Abuse is not meant to be tolerated.
There are situations or circumstances, however, wherein our very survival may depend upon our ability to tolerate the otherwise intolerable.
If we can do this and it does not break us in the process, we will be stronger, wiser, and hopefully more compassionate for the experience.
And yet, abuse is not meant to be tolerated.
There is no depth without openness.
There is no openness without vulnerability.
There is no vulnerability without risk.
In order to experience the depths of love, of joy, and of intimacy, we must be willing to risk also experiencing the depths of pain, sorrow, and loneliness.
For what makes life so precious is death.
And what makes life worth living is depth.
We are not our fears, our worries, expectations, or anticipation.
Nor are we our shame, remorse, or regret.
We are not even who we imagine ourselves to be…
any more than are we who others think or say we are.
We are simultaneously so much more and so much less than these.
Our essence cannot be defined.
It has no boundaries nor limitations.
Beneath and beyond all of our ideas, opinions, beliefs, presumptions, and prejudices, our true selves await patiently to be discovered.
We are infinity remembering itself.
*Artwork by Dutch Rose Studios
Relax your gaze
Unfurrow your brow
Exhale deeply and allow your tension to fall away
As your body refills with breath
Feel the spirit enter you from above and below
Filling your body with light and love
Know in your heart that you, too, are this light and love
For where your finitude ends, the infinite begins
Your limitations exist only in your stories
The spirit has no boundaries, no beginning, and no end
The spirit tells no stories
It is
You are spirit
Be
Meditations on God 