Monday Whatevers
March 14, 2022
Hello, Friend!
It’s Monday, so… inspired by on one of my favorite bits of the Bible, let’s start every week off with a little bit of whatever’s good and noble in the world. Here are a few excellent and noteworthy things I’m seeing in the world right now. Some are beautiful, promising, and reassuring. Some are poignant, thought-provoking, and necessary. All of them add to a greater knowing of God’s presence in this world, within our humanity, and out in the great beyond. And, they all prove there’s an abundance of spectacular, breathtaking tangible and intangible cosmic matter between us.
Please feel free to share in the comments whatever is good that you’re seeing in the world as well.
Blessings,
Marcie
March is National Women’s History Month. Here are beautifully profound lessons from beautifully profound women from one of my favorite YouTube channels Green Renaissance.
Peace.
“We all age - it is the normal process of living. But rather than being apprehensive about our aging bodies, let’s celebrate our growing perspective. Rather than worrying about our changing relationships, let’s embrace the opportunity to make new friends with people who share our interests. We must never lose the desire to do the things we truly love, because it is the saying 'no' to life that ages us. It's not about aging. It's about living.”
— Green Renaissance
Much of the world’s conflict comes from a closed, heavy heart. We suppress emotions that cause us pain, we suffer from worry, fear and trauma. We encase our hearts in layers of protection, a fortress around our most sensitive selves, and the heart becomes rigid and closed. So our heart loses its shine and the spirit becomes restless, and unable to authentically express itself.
But we can learn to soften our hearts, recognising that we don’t need the armour it thought it needed to keep it safe. You have the choice to free yourself of the emotional burdens you are holding onto. By opening your heart, you help yourself, others and the world to be a more loving place. Let go, choose love, and let your spirit soar.
— Green Renaissance
If modern life has pulled you out to sea, adrift from your true self, it’s not too late. Get out of your head and into your heart, and guide yourself back to shore. On steady sand, the chapters of your life will unfold in a way that is truly yours. Be abundantly authentic!
— Green Renaissance
Age seems to be such a lingering factor in life, but what does it really matter? Maybe we need to stop focusing on age and numbers and deadlines – and rather start focusing on life and moments and experiences.
— Green Renaissance
'If you are not a reader, you have only one life. But if you are a reader, you have a million lives.’
Rakel believes that one life is not enough. The span of years and hours and seconds that makes up her life, do not give her the time to experience all that she would like to. But the power of a good story opens the door to endless travel and adventure.
Rakel Helmsdal is a writer, a puppeteer and an artist. Journey into her world!
—Green Renaissance
"If you look at zero, you see nothing. When you look through it, you see everything."
Antoinette Pienaar lives in the Great Karoo - a barren landscape in the centre of South Africa. Many people question how she survives in this desolate space. But for Antoinette, it is a place to thrive. She has come to learn that by sitting quietly and paying attention, a world of beauty is revealed. She has found her secret to life.
—Green Renaissance
Origami" comes from the Japanese language - "ori" meaning folded and "kami" meaning paper. For Kyoko, paper is a metaphor for life. You make use of what lines and points there are, and you create something out of what you've got.
—Green Renaissance
"What are you here for? What are you living for? We're here to do something, and it starts from being able to listen to that little voice inside." - Nirmala Nair
Nirmala doesn't want to live a settled down life. She continuously questions the status quo and works towards living a more authentic life.
—Green Renaissance
May your week be filled with whatever is true, honest, just, pure, lovely, gracious, excellent, and worthy of praise.
Much Peace,
Marcie, BCWWF
Thank you for this! Been very tired lately. These posts often point to an extra way through.