Forgiveness, rising up
from the depths
of the heart,
is as necessary
for cleansing the air
we all breathe
as the spring rains
that nurture and
serve Life.

© 2016 Dennis Ference

The Spirit hovers
over the waters of chaos
with wings of kindness and love,
not judgement and blame.

© 2017 Dennis Ference

In that place
where darkness
and light
feather gently
into one another,
the universe offers
its children
a lesson
of peace.

© 2016 Dennis Ference

“I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches.
If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise,
since everyone suffers.
To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience,
love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.”

~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

~ Image by Tatsuo Yamaguchi
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Live this day well.
Let a little sun out as well as in.
Create your own rainbows.
Be open to all your possibilities,
and all miracles.
Always believe in miracles.

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Paradoxically, the deepest wound
can open us to the most powerful
healing.

© 2016 Dennis Ference

To all that is chaotic
in you,
let there come silence.

Let there be
a calming
of the clamoring,
a stilling
of the voices that
have laid their claim
on you,
that have made their
home in you,

that go with you
even to the
holy places
but will not
let you rest,
will not let you
hear your life
with wholeness
or feel the grace
that fashioned you…

Let there be
an opening
into the quiet
that lies beneath
the chaos,
where you find
the peace
you did not think
possible
and see what shimmers
within the storm.”

~Jan Richardson

Image~Rolf Maeder
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