cultivating connection
nadine j. smet-weiss
spiritual director
go slow
look around
take notice
pause
pay attention
unhurry
be
here
now
this season
this day
this moment
this breath
this life
connected
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Spiritual Director Monthly Blog by Nadine J. Smet-Weiss
beloveds
nadine j. smet-weiss
spiritual director
beloveds
let us embrace
beginning
release
the anxiety
of arrival
the journey is
step
by step
in time
punctuated by
pauses
for
reflection
restoration
reorientation
celebration
between
beginnings
embraced
now
nadine j. smet-weiss
spiritual director
yesterday
was chilly spring
it seemed summer
might
never
arrive
today
august
is upon us
all too soon
the shortness
of shortening days
undeniable
but now
now
this moment
is infinite
in this time
nadine j. smet-weiss
spiritual director
in this time
of turning
as we emerge
eager
and hesitant
to come together
once again
as if for
the first time
what old skins
will you have shed
what new being
will you bear
recess
by nadine j. smet-weiss
spiritual director
i have a friend
who highly recommends
the regular practice
of recess
most especially
for grown ups
a play full pause
or two
during the day
for the soul purpose
of experiencing
the wonder
of being
embodied
making story
nadine j. smet-weiss
spiritual director
history
lives
through us
even stories
once silenced
eventually emerge
into the present
like forgotten seeds
germinating
may we find
the courage
to be good tenders
of this new arising
to embrace it fully
flaws and all
may we let love
lead the way
entangled
by nadine j. smet-weiss
spiritual director
entangled
graces my
doorway
for now
attending to
my comings
and my goings
imaging
my connection to
all that i come from
all that i am
all that I am becoming
day by day
moment by moment
breath by breath
ancient
newborn
form
transforming
life
letting go
free
emerging
entangled
commitment is. . .
by nadine j. smet-weiss
spiritual director
in my head
the very definition
of commitment
is a certain willfulness
a hard core determination
that come hell or high water
i will do whatever it takes to
make it happen
see it through
get the job done
fight the good fight
unto death until
i surrender to life
offering what i truly … read more.
a practice
by nadine j. smet-weiss,
spiritual director
live
the
dream
beloved
community
as daily
practice
doing
rising
from the heart
of being
inspired
and
inspiring
human
wholeness
all that is
by nadine j. smet-weiss
all that is
was once
imagined
the seed
of possibility
unbroken
until
it cracked
opened
to being
we are
surrounded by
immersed in
made of
imagination
our source
our sustenance
our solace
our strength