the wellspring
by Elouise
calm steady source
releasing life from within
home of all being
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Center of my being
My true home
Place where I am most fully alive
Not found by striving
but by letting go
of fear, apprehension, ambition
Dive in! Fall in! Sink in!
Don’t calculate the distance
Or when I might re-emerge
A small death
Repeated thousands of times
Finding my life by losing it
Thoughts generated by a favorite book on the practice of prayer, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, by Cynthia Bourgeault. Her approach to prayer appeals to the mystic in me while keeping my feet on solid ground and connected to Christian faith and theology. Not a small feat.
Here’s to a week of centering practices that help us rest and work while seeking peace with justice. No matter what or who waits for us around the next corner.
© Elouise Renich Fraser, 27 February 2017
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Response to WordPress Daily Prompt: Center
Telling the Truth 
another lovely piece, it resounds forcefully with me in a peace driven way ❤ calms and soothes like gentle water in a fountain ❤
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Thank you dear Kim! 🙂
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Did I ever tell you that I was thought to be destined for the church?
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No, you didn’t. Have you written about it in your blog posts? I’d love to hear more. 😊
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