The Soulistry Blog
“ECLIPSE AND SWIRLS OF LIGHT”
I didn't see much of the eclipse ... or so I thought. A friend and I were on the back deck with the computer on the table chatting, visiting, sipping tea watching the NASA feed on the computer. "When will it happen?" we wondered. The computer showed us that the...
“AGING AND PLAY”
Whether we want it to, or not. Whether we welcome it, or not. Whether we celebrate it, or not. Aging happens. 'Growing old' is different. Growing old is more than chronology. Growing old is about attitude and is about play. When we stop playing, we stop delighting...
“WISDOM”
Embracing spiritual concepts and peaceful ways, the Toltec people of southern Mexico around 900 A.D. considered all of life to be part of the Great Mystery. Science and spirit were seen to be part of the same entity. Even though the Toltec culture left no written...
“THROWBACK THURSDAY”
"Throwback Thursday" and telephones: When I was a child living in Montreal, I remember we would call my mother's parents in Florida once a month and use an egg timer. Yes, literally an egg timer - to make certain the phone call didn't go over our family's three...
“TOMORROWS”
People ache at the escalation of political deception and lies, racial inequity, economic consequences, bullying, religious persecution, sexism, cultural confusion, injustice, hatred and more. Spirits grieve and minds shut down, holding on to beliefs without openness...
“GOING SOMEWHERE”
There she was ... strutting her stuff across the street ... looking oh-so-certain of her destination. Then she stopped. She didn't move ... at all. Camera in hand, I watched her ... watching me. Ms. Black Cat and a quote ("A black cat crossing your path...
“WHEN CHAOS PERVADES”
When chaos pervades may breaths be deep fears be released peace enfold hope sustain wisdom surface courage be given and boldness to face to confront to challenge replenish souls. Photo & Text © June Maffin www.soulistry.com www.soulistry.com/blog...
“HELLO THERE!”
I almost missed them, but then I saw them. "Hello there," I said ever so quietly. As I moved closer and looked at the baby swallows perched inside a rolled-up carpet in a friend's carport, they came closer and closer to the edge and looked back at me. "Hello there,"...
“MISTAKES”
I made a mistake and the words I’d written to a friend who made a mistake that proved to be financially and emotionally costly echoed in my own ear: “Take a deep breath. Stop dumping on yourself. Realize that Every. Single. Person makes mistake.” To mark the first...
“GOLDILOCKS”
"Goldilocks" - who would have thought that playing with tjanting tools, wax, Procion dyes and Arches Text Wove paper for this birthday card for a lovely daughter-in-love recently reminded me of the children's "Goldilocks" story. My brain - gives me chuckles at some...
ELEGY OF LOVE
Long before I knew him, our paths began to intersect. Some call it "fate". Some call it "co-incidence." We called it "Divine Love." In Montreal, he and his family lived about three blocks away from my family. In North Vancouver, he lived a few miles away from me. ...
“ECHOES”
Birthdays are supposed to be happy days ... times of celebration and memories that bring a smile to the face. While many can be described as 'happy' days ... not always. This year's birthday brought echoes ... echoes of words spoken that day by my husband's doctor:...
“WHEN YOU SMILE”
I smile a lot. I can't help it. When I'm in the garden, I can feel a smile begin to form on my face as flowers bloom strawberries bear fruit, birds gift seeds and I wonder "what will you become, little seeds?" When I'm out for a walk, I can feel a smile begin to...
“FOR NO REASON”
No reason. I didn't create Ms. DinoCritter for ... a reason ... or purpose ... or underscore a message. I created her simply ... to play. Play with ... shapes and colours and new techniques. Play without ... care for the outcome. Play to ... do something other than...
“LOVE”
The word 'love' is used a lot. Even Facebook has an emoji to express love of a comment. But what is love? Poets have "waxed eloquent" about love for centuries: Elizabeth Barrett Browning spoke of loving to "the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach"; 14th...
“JUST ONE HOUR”
Author and theologian, Matthew Fox, writes: "Silence gives way for Spirit to arrive." It leads me to ponder a possibility - a hope - a prayer. What if people unplugged from social media - just one hour less - than they were usually plugged in? Just one hour. And...
“FIERY ORDEALS”
“Don’t be surprised at the fiery ordeals taking place among you.” Considering what has been happening in the world recently "fiery ordeal" seems to describe our situation well. Fiery ordeals make me think of an eight letter word that begins with the letter “A” and...
“ALONE – YET NOT ALONE”
We hugged at the top of the front porch steps. then, with a smile and a "Bye, Mom, I'm off!", he ventured down the steps and out to the sidewalk ... alone yet not alone ... I was three paces behind him ... to catch him if he fell ... to hug him if he felt afraid ......
“POWER IN LOVE”
My friend Regina, came to church today and the children openly welcomed her and didn't make fun of her large hands or strange-looking face or the fact that she wears a wig and has no hair because of the cancer treatments. And then we sang Daniel Nahmod's "One Power."...
“WELCOME TO THIS WORLD”
Welcome to this world, little one! This world you've entered is big - very big! It has trees and animals, plants and bugs, galaxies and planets, rivers and oceans, stars and suns, fish and flowers and people. 🙂 People who speak different languages ... and people...