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On Mar 12, 2022 Carl Riedy wrote on Send Love -- It Matters, by Carrie Newcomer:
On Mar 11, 2022 Carl Riedy wrote on Send Love -- It Matters, by Carrie Newcomer:
On Mar 8, 2022 Carl Riedy wrote on Send Love -- It Matters, by Carrie Newcomer:
On Jul 23, 2019 Carl Riedy wrote on Opening Thy Palm, by Rabindranath Tagore:
On May 1, 2016 carl riedy wrote on A Blessing for One Who is Exhausted, by John O'Donohue:
I read this poem and may well share it with a dear friend who lost his wife Friday after a long battle with lung cancer. I wonder if this is the way he now feels ... alone, scared, exhausted, lost.
If you have never listened to O'Donohue's interview with Krista Tippett, check out the archives of On Being. It is well worth the time.
Blessings this day
On Nov 10, 2013 Carl Riedy wrote on Element of Surprise, by Margaret Wheatley:
inconveniences... Taking the trash out, emptying the dishwasher, standing in lines at the pharmacy, anywhere for that matter provides us with moments to be mindful of the more difficult alternatives and our interconnectedness with the world. For example, as one waits for a prescription, we have the opportunity to consider all who made this drug possible and be thankful. As we do the mundane, not only can we offer it up; we can practice one of the fruits of the Spirit such as patience, we can connect positively with those around us and we can try to discover the presence of the Spirit in the world around us.
While I often fail and become frustrated, when I do focus the world is calmer, the event richer.
On Oct 22, 2024 Carl Riedy wrote on Why Do We Send Flowers?, by Alisha Gorder: