Comfort & Joy

Great is the overflow of Divine Love which is never still but ever ceaselessly and tirelessly pours forth, so that our little vessel is filled to the brim and overflows. If we do not choke the channel with self-will, Divine gifts continue to flow and over flow. –Mechthild of Magdeburg.…

Once again, I am ending the day with my feet in a bucket of cold, icy water, trying to tame the inflammation in my toes. I noticed the week had both good days with my toes and difficult days with my toes. I think when I put expectations on my…

Now that I am almost fifty, I’m beginning to remember more things that my parents told me when they were in their middle years. Or should I say, I am beginning to understand more what some of the things they said actually mean. My father was always one to say…

Recently I was at a workshop and the presenter showed up five minutes late. She had been at her child’s school dropping off a platter of warm cookies for a school event. She breezed in, had us take our seats and do a writing exercise while she finished getting herself…

Today, a teacher walked into the library and asked me how my foot was. I shared with her how discouraged I was that it was only incrementally better after a month of wearing the orthopedic boot. We continued talking and she began to share how overwhelmed she was with the…

I have been feeling discouraged because my toe pain is still quite persistent, even after three weeks of using a walking boot and crutches. And just this morning, as I slipped out of bed and put on my orthopedic walking boot, I thought to myself: Well, I just have to…