Longing

Toronto (2013, 10.24), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Blessed be the longing that brought you here
And quickens your soul with wonder. 

John O’Donohue, 

Blessing for Longing

Your Identity

RCC_6803, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Your identity is not equivalent to your biography. There is a

place in you where you have never been wounded, where

there’s a seamlessness in you, and where there is a

confidence and tranquility. 

John O’Donohue

Awakening and surrender

RIC_1567, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Awakening and surrender:

they frame each day and each life;

between them the journey where anything can happen,

the beauty and the frailty.

John O’Donohue, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace

When you love

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Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

When you are touched,

May it be the gentleness

You desire,

Your lover’s hands sending

Each caress deep into your skin

Like a discovering glance.

John O’Donohue, For Eros

Growing

RCC_0670
Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

Love begins with paying attention to others, with an act of gracious self-forgetting. This is the condition in which we grow.

John O’Donohue, Anam Ċara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

Being Birthed

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Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

The birth of the human heart is an ongoing process. It is being birthed in every experience of your life. Everything that happens to you has the potential to deepen you.

John O’Donohue, Anam Ċara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom