SOURCE OF ALL BLESSINGS,
you bless us with wind.
Gentle fierce, warm and humid
or icy or hot and dry, may it
caress my skin and make it tingle,
refresh my spirit and make it wide
awake so that I might to pass
on lightheartedness to everyone
I meet.
Sense how it feels to honor wind in its many forms with a grateful and curious receptivity. Winds can blow around our physical bodies, and they also swirl inside us as emotional weather. When we gently see and seek the blessings of whatever blows into our lives, life can become infinitely richer and more interesting.
“May this patchwork quilt of blessings help to sharpen your taste for the gift of life in its innumerable facets,” Br. David writes. “May you grow ever more blessed, ever more able to bless.”
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Thank you!
Here is the place were I allways found resources and people that make me grow ever more blessed. Thank you!
Today the outside wind is quiet, but I have had some emotional weather lately. Thank you for the reminder to honor and to notice all that it brings.
Basking in this lovely breezy rainy morning as I feel the wind on me at the window. Especially nice after heat spell in New England!. Thank you for wind reflection!
I use the wind to ground myself in the present moment. I love to take a wind shower, listen to the birds and be present.
Frequently I reflect on the blessing a surffer must experience when centered and present allows the wind and the waves to carry her to shore.
all different kind of wind are connected with images of remembrances. What a gift.
the whisper of wind in the leaves of a bush or tree
the stormy wind rattling at your window at night
the soft breeze, which colls you down during a hot day
the strong wind whihc you can hear in the sail of a boat
the steady wind which will meet you when you are in a forest
the silent wind of touch when you need to meet someone
the whirlwind, which makes the leaves fly h…all different kind of wind are connected with images of remembrances. What a gift.
the whisper of wind in the leaves of a bush or tree
the stormy wind rattling at your window at night
the soft breeze, which colls you down during a hot day
the strong wind which you can hear in the sail of a boat
the steady wind which will meet you when you are in a forest
the silent wind of touch when you need to meet someone
the whirlwind, which makes the leaves fly high
the wind around the corner at the railway station, when your train arrives
the accelerating wind when you left your friend in the train and you are walkiing back the track of the platform
the wind which comes with the water and pitches the wind at the shore – spilling the sand
the wind which comes along with the heavy water breaking at the harbour walls
the wind after ….. supporting the afterglowing of your experiences
THe winds of change don’t have to mean pain. If I can bend with the winds I will stretch myself, to be sure, but I will not break. I have had many chances to do that in my life.
I love to experience winds at the shore, and the winds of autumn. They feel like a clearing out, and an invitation to breathe deeply, just staying present in the moment. Often I lift my arms, to feel the movement of air all around me, as do boats and surfers on the water, and the trees and leaves of autumn. Thank you, Kathryn, for the words of John O’Donohue. He so often reflects my soul.
I do like your comments about winds at the shore. I always feel a thrill when at the coast and feel the wind coming in from the sea, but had never thought of it as a ” cleaning out”. What a good way to look at this experience. Thank you.
I’m catching up with the posts….just finished my morning sitting and realized one of my favorite parts is about wind: “and so, may a slow wind work the words of love around me, an invisible cloak to mind my life.” John O’Donohue, Beannacht/ Blessing . I receive such comfort from these words, this image of love being wrapped around me.
Appreciating the teachings the “wind” brings today, to Bless and to be Blessed.
Many years ago when I was very ill I would sit at my window looking out at the woods behind my flat. I found comfort in the swaying of branches and leaves and would say to myself “God is out there in the wind and trees and within and beside me as I learn to live with this condition. Though much better than I was then, I still find solace sitting at my window and doing as I did then.
Thank you for all you do for us.
Winds of journeys being made new as I travel with my adult son toward the university and his senior year. Wind opens my heart to welcome new steps in life.
Thank you for this beautiful blessing. Wind rejuvenates me like no other force of nature. For many years, I have lived in a place which was far away from other civilization except for the school where I was working. It was on a hill top and I had time and space to go to a spur where I could sit facing a river down below and mountains far away. Sitting there I experienced wind in all its form. Sometimes very gentle, sometimes so fierce it looked like I could fly off the cliff and sometime it would just plain refuse to move making it so sultry. I loved all of it and can relate it to my internal weather system how I am feeling day after day…This beautiful memory is enabled to come to surface today due to this blessing. Feeling grateful for living on this earth where there is Wind and I can experience it through my senses. Namaste!
I too, am one who is rejuvenated by the wind. I have always claimed that as water cleans my body, wind cleans my soul.
A few years ago, when feeling overwhelmed by difficult circumstances, I went to a spiritual center/retreat house close to where I was living. I sat in the garden with tears filling my eyes. It was a warm summer evening, and there was a gentle wind blowing – and it seemed as if the wind/Holy Spirit was caressing my face – offering me comfort. I felt renewed in body, mind, and spirit. I still remember the feeling of total peace that enfolded me that evening, and when I am feeling stressed, I mentally return to that moment in time, when the wind brought such comfort to my soul.
Thank you for sharing that, Judi, that was lovely. I am so happy that they began the week with this because I needed to be reminded of the beauty of wind. I usually don’t really notice it or consider a nuisance. My favorite time to enjoy wind is when it’s blowing the tops of tall trees with leaves in the summer before a storm. Blessings…