Thank you

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has supported this blog by accessing it, telling your friends about it, and through your presence, prayers and inspiration. I am taking a sabbatical to pursue my interest photography, a paying-attention-to God in the world. It's possible this blogspot may evolve into a different expression of life. I will let you know! With love, Marcia

On Humility

Humility is the Heimlich maneuver for biting off more than I can chew...

An Indian farmer carries cucumbers to market.

Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Aztec dancers pose during a ceremony celebrating the birth of Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec emperor, in Ixcateopan, Mexico.

Eduardo Verdugo/AP

Two golden retrievers wrestle in the mud, Columbia, NJ.

photo: MKBilyk

Sunset over a jetty in Turkey.

Alpur Cukur/Sony World Photography Awards

On guilt

When personal guilt in relation to a past event becomes a continuous cloud over your life, then you are locked in a mental prison. You have become your own jailer...It is such a great moment of liberation when you learn to forgive yourself, let the burden go and walk out into a new path of promise and possibility. Self-compassion is a wonderful gift to give yourself...Your soul is more immense than any one moment or event in your past. When you allow guilt to fetter and reduce you like this, it has little to do with guilt. The guilt is only an uncomfortable but convenient excuse for your fear of growth.

- from eternal echoes by John O'Donohue