The trees show us how to let go,

not in despair, but in color,

a final flare of beauty before the stillness of winter.

~ Mary Anne Byrne

for the love of this wandering life…

inquiry for today~ where will you go to find solace?

simple gifts…

Perhaps the greatest gift of the contemplative renewal

is that it reawakens our awareness of this original participation-

what we might also call the original blessing, the divine indwelling.

This participation is not something

we achieve or accomplish. It is entirely a gift- given freely,

objectively, metaphysically, truthfully, and completely.

Once we realize this,

the whole character of the spiritual journey changes.,

it is no longer a climb toward moral worthiness,

but an awakening to what has always been true.

~Richard Rohr