Encouragement for Humans

08/03/2022

Try this!

What if we could learn to live stress-free, even in stressful situations?Simple things can help us calm down. Try feeling the lower body or contact with the ...

07/01/2022

Art:
No matter what has passed, we can begin again. We can only begin now, where we are, and it is this now that becomes the seed for all that lies ahead. In our relationships, in our community, on this earth, we may not live to see all the changes we work for—we are the planters of seeds.
Mindfulness and compassion are genuinely undertaken one step at a time, one person, one moment.

Excerpt: “After the Ecstasy, the Laundry”

21/12/2021

Alone - Lying, thinking

19/12/2021

16/10/2021

This is the time to be slow,
Lie low to the wall
Until the bitter weather passes.

Try, as best you can, not to let
The wire brush of doubt
Scrape from your heart
All sense of yourself
And your hesitant light.

If you remain generous,
Time will come good;
And you will find your feet
Again on fresh pastures of promise,
Where the air will be kind
And blushed with beginning.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

From his books, Benedictus (Europe) / To Bless the Space Between Us (US)
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

Co. Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

13/10/2021

Thought this might be you.

30/09/2021

If we step back and consider the "big picture," the inevitable changes in life are less likely to overwhelm us. When we have a sense of humor about the whole dance of life, everything becomes easier & lighter.

Excerpt/adapted from “The Wise Heart”