At Aphrodite’s Cradle, by Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema.
“May you listen to your longing to be free.
May the frames of your belonging be large enough for the dreams of your soul.
May you arise each day with a voice of blessing whispering in your heart that something good is going to happen to you.
May you find a harmony between your soul and your life.
May the mansion of your soul never become a haunted place.
May you know the eternal longing which lives at the heart of time.
May there be kindness in your gaze when you look within.
May you never place walls between the light and yourself.
May your angel free you from the prisons of guilt, fear, disappointment, and despair.
May you allow the wild beauty of the invisible world to gather you, mind you, and embrace you in belonging.”
~ John O’Donohue, Eternal Echoes
Trail in Ireland [Photo from PDPhoto via Creative Commons]Delve further into the energy of blessing with Joy, Presence, and the Power of Blessing, from the Ivy Sea Wake-Up Juice archives.
And because the late John O’Donohue was a great inspiration to me, you’ll find other heart-and-inspiration-stirring mentions and excerpts from him in the Sophia’s Children archives. Have a look.
Jamie has long been an inspiration partner and lantern-holder for her fellow transformation leaders, change catalysts, and creative nonconformists who are living, inspiring, and (intentionally or not) leading the way in these chaotic times. She is the director of a women's health center.
When she's not tending and stirring the Sophia's Children cauldron, she's following research trails, and serving as the Director of a Repro-Justice-oriented women's health center in her community, co-creating a safe, in-person compassionate care environment in a world that increasingly seems to lack that.
Jamie is a long-time servant of the Muse, a writer and author, an intrepid walker and feline-tender, and is passionate about the healing power and relevance of reclaiming ancestral-wisdom and healing (or at least understanding) ancestral (and other types of) trauma. She has great appreciation for dark chocolate and cooking other nourishing, delicious meals -- often plant-based -- to nourish her partner and her peeps, and otherwise doing the same day to day things we all do.
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October 10, 2014 at 12:22 am
Love that poem! blessings… B 🙂
October 10, 2014 at 1:43 am
As do I, Bridget. But then I find that with all of John O’Donohue’s writings! 🙂