five senses friday

tasting:
delicious Indian food with a dear friend and yummy leftovers all week - such a treat!

smelling:
a ginger molasses cookie, right before gobbling it up:)

seeing:
my lovely medicine bundle on my altar, welcoming love and light into the new year

feeling:
excited about Brené, Andrea, and Jen's Winter Dream Lab about The Gifts of Imperfection starting on Monday

hearing:
Michael Franti & Spearhead cheer me up and inspire me - another shout out to the amazing At-Wood team and their killer Christmas mix!

Peace

"The things that have to be done must be done, and for the rest we must not allow ourselves to become infested with thousands of petty fears and worries, so many motions of no confidence in God. Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will also be in our troubled world."

~Etty Hillesum

Wordless Wednesday

Six word story 22

F*@% it:) I'm letting it shine!

[So inspired by this video today]

Monday's Inspiration Celebration - Biblioburro

Photo by Jon Darwin Herrera

Working in a library, one has the great good fortune to have fantastic colleagues who share really inspiring things. Recently one of my co-workers shared a lovely video with me, which you can watch here. And here's a follow-up here. I love Luis Soriano's passion for books and learning, and for his country!

five (really) good things

1. curling up by a roaring fire to read the Sun Magazine

2. enjoying time off with my sweetie

3. being totally inspired by Wayne Muller's Sabbath

4. the actual sun coming out today - so good to see it!

5. totally grooving on this sweet song - thanks Kath!

Rest

Happy New Year! Hope your festivities have been everything you'd hoped they would be.

I do like the tradition of choosing a word for the year. Last year after mulling it over for a while I chose the word "delight" and I don't know if that word really sums up 2010. It was a good year, but I can't say it was really full of delight. Somehow that word feels a little lighter than the year I had. I would say there was deep joy last year, but delight feels bubbly - like a laugh versus a smile. And I feel like I could have forced myself into delight, but it wouldn't have been authentic.

So, for 2011 I'm going a totally different direction and choosing something I feel like I need deeply - rest. I'm hoping that by making this my word that I might be able to get into the habit of keeping it in the front of my mind and not over-committing myself. I love my beautiful, abundant life, but this year I'm trying an experiment of sufficiency. Instead of skimming across the surface, my soul is crying out to dig deep, to rest, and to appreciate the simplicity of my beautiful life.