Create connections rather than disconnections
Create belonging rather than separation.
Create co-operation rather than discord.
Every time you open your mouth there is an opportunity to choose to plant fertile seeds of connection or sour seeds of
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Art by Debra Bernier
Love me or hate me. I don’t care.
I really don’t. And it took me a long time
to reach the point of being completely
unaffected by someone else’s opinion
about me. It was hard work, but no one
can take that away from me now.
T
Art by Cesare Saccaggi
Beannacht, an Irish Blessing
On the day when
the weight deadens
on your shoulders
and you stumble,
may the clay dance
to balance you.
And when your eyes
freeze behind
the grey window
and the ghost of loss
gets in to you,
ma
I lied and said I was busy.
I was busy;
but not in a way most people understand.
I was busy taking deeper breaths.
I was busy silencing irrational thoughts.
I was busy calming a racing heart.
I was busy telling myself I am okay.
Sometimes, this is my
The nutritionist said I should eat root vegetables.
Said if I could get down thirteen turnips a day
I would be grounded, rooted.
Said my head would not keep flying away
to where the darkness lives.
The psychic told me my heart carries too much weigh
"Mystical Conversation", Odilon Redon, (1896)
In the Celtic tradition, there is a beautiful understanding of love and friendship. One of the fascinating ideas here is the idea of soul-love; the old Gaelic term for this is anam cara. Anam is the Gae
