The Beautiful Back and Forth

There is something about breath that is extremely spiritual. Breath means life. Breath means hope… I think it is so interesting that breathing happens all on its own and yet it is something we can also choose to control. It is in how we do this that we can use it well or use it

Oh Misery, Duplicity

Duplicity, such misery Leads always to timidity A hesitance to simply be The who you are to you and me. What you want, you disengage Identity begins to fade. Ignored, Forgotten, self withdrawn, Without intent, your peace is gone. It burns you up, eats you alive Or in it your Desires die Tepidity kills all

Do you want to be Happy?

I wanted to divert from the virtue discussion briefly to dive further into many of the concepts that came up during the post on Humility, specifically Freedom and Detachment, but then I realized that I actually should have prefaced the whole topic of virtue with the WHY behind it. Why bother at all?! Why bother

Lord, Teach Me to Play

Lord, I don’t know the lie I’m believing Can’t identify how the devil’s deceiving But I feel the weight It’s affecting my gait And I want to be free for your Eden. I’ve become so serious, joy stunted by pain Not well received, abdicated my claim The devil delights In this choice of great price

Humility – The Soil of the Interior Life

I’ve been trying to write about humility for a few days now and I keep getting stuck. With the start of this virtue series, I determined (probably in response to a Holy Spirit nudge) Humility to be the best place to start because without it, there is no spiritual life…but I’ve had a hard time