Tag Archives: letting go

Holding on & Letting Go

Posted on December 31, 2017 by anyushka

At the end of this year, what have been your happy, proud, peaceful and grateful moments? Hold these today, and take them with you into the new year. These are the things you can build on in the months to … Continue reading →

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let it go

Posted on December 4, 2017 by anyushka

let it go – the smashed word broken open vow or the oath cracked length wise – let it go it was sworn to go let them go – the truthful liars and the false fair friends and the boths … Continue reading →

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Reaching Limits, Finding Space

Posted on March 15, 2017 by anyushka

If you miss open space  in the city, like I do, the one thing you can always do is: look up. Here is a wide expanse, here is room for you, here is a glimpse of freedom… I think Lent is … Continue reading →

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What You Cannot Change

Posted on June 5, 2016 by anyushka

God grant me the serenity to ACCEPT what I cannot change… The letting go is in the accepting. And that can be the hardest thing to do. Is it all about courage? I wonder. I think there is a time … Continue reading →

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In Blackwater Woods

Posted on April 21, 2016 by anyushka

in blackwater woods   Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the long tapers of cattails are bursting and floating away over the blue shoulders … Continue reading →

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When Such As I

Posted on September 17, 2015 by anyushka

… When such as I cast out remorse So great a sweetness flows into the breast We must laugh and we must sing, We are blest by everything, Everything we look upon is blest. … W.B. Yeats (from “A Dialogue … Continue reading →

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Here’s to Life!

Posted on September 16, 2015 by anyushka

I find at the moment that the most destructive state of being is disappointment. The tendency to linger over this. The not-knowing-how-to-shake-it-off, how to leave it behind and move on with life. And of course, there is a “should” in … Continue reading →

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Wanted. Alive.

Posted on December 9, 2014 by anyushka

A little while ago, I was at a Eucharist where the priest read the story of Jesus at the wedding feast in Cana (the water-into-wine one, yes), as a description of God’s kingdom – it’s a party, a celebration. And … Continue reading →

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Tired of On-My-Own

Posted on November 21, 2014 by anyushka

Who’d have thunk that I’d ever quote Tom Jones… There are things I could do today. I have time. I could go out. There are things happening in the city that I would enjoy. But I don’t go. I stay … Continue reading →

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Radically Good

Posted on October 13, 2014 by anyushka

The gospel is radical. Did you know that…? I didn’t, for a long time. I knew the gospel to be God’s demanding rules on our self-denial and the framework for some kind of achievement scale. No kidding. And I took it seriously. And … Continue reading →

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