“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
― Lao Tzu
I had the chance to take a workshop by Ellen Bass recently. I learned so much from her about process: writing things down, the act of writing engraves the idea on your mind. Be willing to disturb the story you know. I write almost everything down…so much so that it borderlines on hoarding. Everything is interesting. Everything contains poetry. Like the fact that the sun came up today, for the 4 bazillionth time is amazing in itself. A miracle in fact. How does it even know where to come up each day? Like, what if one day the sun decided to reverse course?
Today’s word of the day for an advent series I’m doing (The Grove Church) is ACCEPTANCE. I think Ellen’s words sum it up perfectly:
“to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you’ve held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it. When grief sits with you, its tropical heat thickening the air, heavy as water more fit for gills than lungs; when grief weights you like your own flesh only more of it, an obesity of grief, you think, How can a body withstand this? Then you hold life like a face between your palms, a plain face, no charming smile, no violet eyes, and you say, yes, I will take you I will love you, again.”
― Ellen Bass
Thanks for the love! You sure do know how to rock that tee. xoxo.
There is a author you might like. Ann Voskamp…she has bought a book recently about Advent but she also wrote a book call 1000 Gifts, It is all about being grateful