Tag Archives: spirit

Creative Spirit Lives Within

Posted on February 1, 2023 by hernibs

Creative spirit lives within the space between happiness and pain. I only focus when the balance hangs precisely in between. Happiness can easily drown the voices that compel me to create. And pain can demand my undivided attention. Rare moments … Continue reading →

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Difficulties

Posted on August 18, 2021 by hernibs

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. ~ William Ellery Channing

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May I Be Truly Happy and Free

Posted on August 18, 2019 by hernibs

May I be filled with loving kindness, May I be well, in body and in spirit, May I be safe, from inner and outer dangers, May I be truly happy, and free. ©Jack Kornfield

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The Greening of All Things

Posted on May 7, 2019 by hernibs

The divine photosynthesis that grows everything from within by transforming light into itself ~Hildegard of Bingen [1098–1179] called this viriditas, or the greening of all things, a metaphor for spiritual and physical health, which is visible in the divine word.

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Eagles

Posted on May 8, 2018 by hernibs

Eagles speak to me of spirit, my father, strength and power, being above the mundane things of this earth, seeing with eyes of spirit. My spirit always reacts when I see or hear eagles. ©Sharron R. McMillan

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Nature’s Heart

Posted on February 10, 2018 by hernibs

Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. ~John Muir

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Don’t Put It All Back In The Attic

Posted on December 27, 2017 by hernibs

Don’t put it all back in the attic, that generosity that moves us to give more than we take, the happy greetings to those we never noticed before, the desire to be with those we love even though they are … Continue reading →

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Stop, Look, Listen

Posted on April 14, 2016 by hernibs

We need to lift our eyes from the puny products of our own making, glance upwards more often where eagles soar carefree in currents overhead see brand new, soft hued leaves of gigantic maple trees that have lived here so … Continue reading →

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Eagles

Posted on March 19, 2016 by hernibs

Eagles speak to me of spirit, of my father, of strength and power, of being above the mundane things of this earth, seeing with eyes of spirit. My spirit always opens wide when I hear eagles. ©2015 Sharron R. McMillan

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Eagles

Posted on February 23, 2015 by hernibs

Eagles speak to me of spirit of my father of strength and power of being above the mundane things of this earth seeing with eyes of spirit. My spirit always reacts when I hear eagles. ©2015 Sharron R. McMillan

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