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November Words of Courage

Thanks For Those Things That Are Yet Possible

At the beginning of this new year

we give thanks for our time

and for those things that are yet possible

and precious in it:

daybreak and beginning again,

midnight and the reassurance of routine,

the taming of demons in the dance of dreams;

a word of forgiveness

and sometimes a song,

For our breathing….and our lives.

We give thanks

for the honesty that marks friends

and makes laughter;

for fierce gentleness

that dares to speak the truth in love

and tugs us to join the long march toward peace:

for the sudden gust of grace

that rise unexpectedly in our wending from dawn to dawn:

for children unabashed,

wind rippling a rain puddle,

a mockingbird in the darkness,

a colleague and a cup of coffee:

for music and silence,

for wrens and Orion,

for everything that moves us to tears,

to touching

to dreams

to prayers.

We give thanks for work

that engages us in an internal debate

between reward and responsibility;

for our longings,

our callings,

our lives.

Poem from Guerrillas of Grace by T. Loder

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What do you give thanks for at this time?

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This is our monthly offering of Words of Courage. It is our hope that the words that you read and the questions you consider will en-courage you to engage fully in your work in the world.

These "Words of Courage" contributed by Elaine Sullivan, a long time friend and facilitator for CRNT.

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Comments (2)

11-17-2009 Len Delony

Thanks for this prayer/poem. I had forgotten about this offering of spaciousness from CRNT. The poem opens a fresh presence for me and helps me hear echoes of grace in my memories. (This is yet another gem from y'all that I will copy and share with others!)

Also, thanks for the reminder of the beautiful mandala images and invitations to listen in wonder. And the reminder that the communities emerging in and around us can be woven with time in this email / blog-space. Blessings to all.

11-17-2009 Faye Beaulieu - Thanks for those things that are yet possible

There's fertile ground for reflection in the lines about work: the internal debate between reward and responsibility. That's where I am as a late-fifty-something; my work for a well-known nonprofit is sometimes an enthusiastic tango, sometimes a thoughtful waltz, but always a creative dance. Desire for professional reward and realization of responsibility partner to engender productive effort. What I long to be and what I'm called to be meet in what is my life.