Circle of Light is on this morning at 10 am ET/7 am PT. Welcome, it's free and you can just drop in.
Register here: (If you have come in the past, your personal link will still work, so you can just use that). If you lost your link or have never registered, use this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/upMvf-Gtrjops6UWtB8ML-AioDYBQP3eug#/registration
Looks like I will be doing Circle of Light tomorrow night after all. 4 pm PT/7 pm ET.
I hope a few will come. Definitely not doing it Friday though. House full of people on the Cape, and the wifi there works only in the kitchen.
@Jude @raincloud @lovendures @deetoo @bluebelle @raincloud @Maggie @bliss @Tesseract @baba @dana @seaholly @Caroline @tonyaW @Eric @chromasomexy @Andy
Circle always starts with a poem, often Mary Oliver. Today is her birthday. Mary Oliver loved nature and drew inspiration from it to see what is possible for our lives. Her poem "Wild Geese" is a popular favorite, although I love them all. She sees the geese flying high in the clean blue air, and she tells us:
"You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting–
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things." -- Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
I hope people here in the forum feel their place in the family of things. It's been tricky over the years, making people feel at home here, while asking that we keep trying to rise ourselves up. I am learning that lesson as much as anyone, maybe more. All told, I want people to know that they have unique gifts and a place in the family of things.
@Jude @raincloud @lovendures @deetoo @bluebelle@raincloud @Maggie @bliss @Tesseract @baba @dana @seaholly @Caroline @tonyaW @Eric @chromasomexy @Andy @freya
@jeanne-mayell, Thank you for your comforting words and for sharing "Wild Geese" with us. It's one of my favorite poems by Mary Oliver. It's a beautiful reminder that we all have a place in this world, that we all matter, and -- most importantly -- that we are enough.
Could you all direct some light and healing to my father hd and my immediate family during the circle? He will be recovering from surgery at that time. Please send good energy and outcomes tomorrow, and thank you.
Hi community, there will be no Circle of Light tomorrow, Friday, October 4. I hope to be back on Monday at 10 AM Eastern. Lots of love, Jeanne
Circle of Light is ON this morning. :-)
Message to newcomers: Please do come to Circle! We want you to come! But please come on time if you are new to Circle so you will be able to participate in sync with all.