Sorrow's Kitchen

"I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and a sword in my hands." ~ Zora Neale Hurston, Novelist  

Gather up the joys and sorrows...

You are to gather up the joys and sorrows, the struggles, the beauty, love, dreams and hopes of every hour that they may be consecrated at the altar of daily life. ~ MacRina Wiederkehr, Benedictine Sister and Author

Secret Sorrow

Believe me, every person has their secret sorrow, which the world knows not, and oftentimes we call a person cold when they are only sad. —HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

Contemplation

Where I have looked for God:

1.      In the architecture of a flower.

2.      In the gauzy haze across a day of light rain.

3.      In the mystery of the stars.

4.      In the sacred quiet of the cemetery.

5.      In the irresistible seduction of the ocean.

6.      In the warmth of another’s touch.

7.      In the tears of those crushed by sorrow.

8.      In the pain of the sick.

9.      In the dejection of the lonely.

10. In the hurt of the shamed.

11.  In the panic of the fearful.

12.  In the gentleness of the humble.

13.  In the care of the generous.

14.  In the faces of children.

15.  In the eyes of the old.

© 2011 Timothy Moody

The Greatest Problems

The greatest problems in life can never be solved.  They must be outgrown, by attaining a new level of consciousness. - Carl Jung