Category: Spiritual Journey Thursday

Poetry Friday, Week 22: Combo of Spiritual Thursday Journey and Poetry Friday

6/1/2023

©Graphic by Amber Fleek

Welcome to Poetry Friday, hosted today by Trisha at The Miss Rumphius Effect. Amidst moving, Trisha is gracious doing Poetry Friday and doing it old school.

Yesterday, Dave at Leap of Dave, offered the prompt for the monthly Spiritual Thursday Journey. This has been something that I decided to be curious about and join in this year.
His prompt had these questions:

First, is there a physical place that has deep spiritual meaning to you?
Secondly, are there people who have invested in, walked alongside, or that you have walked along side of in your journey?
How have they encouraged you on the way?
Has your spiritual journey given your life purpose?
Does your journey have a way? In other words, what has been your path on that journey?

A lot to ponder! And I want to speak especially to the first question bo t physical place. It made me think of a book I have been reading recently, Celtic Ways to Pray: Finding God in the Natural Elements by Ruth Lindberg Pattison. Visiting Ireland last June, resonated with me in a deep, deep way. I was home. I creturned very curious about how the Irish meld the Celtic beliefs with Christianity. I am a seeker, I always have been. Maybe in another life, I would have studied theology.

Part one explores God in Earth and it was perfect for Dave's question about physical place. I have several to share below. I collect rocks (my suitcase was too heavy returning from Ireland and Scotland because of this). My photos are
visual prayers.

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Spiritual Journey Thursday: Shall We Dance?

5/4/2023

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Christine asks, "Shall we dance?" And she shares several music offerings and a poem.
This line from Lord of the Dance speaks to me: Dance, then, wherever you may be.

I have been retired since June 2018, almost five years. I've been learning new dances as I move further away from my teaching days (complicated by the two years that was the pandemic when time stood still). Maybe I have learn some of these dances before but they have a new twist, a new nuance.
I am learning the dance of 70, feeling more sassy, curious.
I am learning the dance of art, or creating.
I am learning the dance of rejection and acceptance as I submit poems for publications.(I've submitted more this year than another year).
I am learning the dance of grief as friends and acquaintances struggle with health and family issues.
I am learning the dance of intuition, discovering my visual signatures of the moon and spiral, both dancing n the universe.
I am thinking of this art piece above as I danced with it into creation. It will have a companion piece, "You can dance, no matter where you are."

Dance wherever you may be in joy, in love, in grief, and for each season.

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Poetry Friday, Week 22: Combo of Spiritual Thursday Journey and Poetry Friday

Spiritual Journey Thursday: Shall We Dance?

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Poetry Friday, Week 22: Combo of Spiritual Thursday Journey and Poetry Friday

Spiritual Journey Thursday: Shall We Dance?

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