Friends, it is a loud loud world. In an effort to set aside the daily news one night this past week, I watched a shocking number of Taylor Swift reels and learned that butterflies sometimes drink turtle tears. While these were worthwhile distractions, they were just that – distractions. Thankfully there was also a […]
This new year’s practice is one of Honeybee’s most requested, so we share a reprise here, with best wishes for a plentiful year to come. “And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.” – RM Rilke Like many people, my year end used […]
And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been. ** – R.M. Rilke (paraphrased) Here we stand, on the edge of the new. Do you feel a little tippy, ready to plunge in? This year I am taking counsel from Pádraig Ó Tuama, whose wonderful In […]
Rise up rooted. I’ve written before about this powerful phrase from Rilke, and had the chance to share it with some dear friends from Wellesley this week. If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence, We could rise up rooted, like trees. We often think of rising and recovery as gravity-defying: bouncing back, or leaping forward. What […]
Hello dear Honeybees and happy new year! With the idea that our own TIME is the most precious investment of all, here we repost a Honeybee classic, the New Year’s Flip. NEW YEAR’S INVESTING: WHITE SPACE Like many people, my year end used to be shadowed by “should’ves”. I would reflect on resolutions from years past, […]
Unintentionally, our last two posts were “faith” and “hope”. This seems to leave no choice but for today to be “love”. Yes, I have rolled my eyes at cheesy valentines, cringed at the still-standard question, “and what does your husband do?”, and too often confused warm-heartedness with soft-headedness. But as the world has gotten louder, and […]
I live my life in widening circles… This is one of my favorite Rilke poems, and the translation by Joanna Macy is especially wonderful: I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not complete this last one but I give myself to it. I circle around God, around […]