Sunday, August 17, 2008

Breath In

A few years ago I subscribed to a daily eletter by Henri Nouwen. I wanted the prompt again to pause and center myself on God, even while sifting through emails. For those of you not familiar with Nouwen, he is very gifted in getting to the heart of a matter in a way that is both inspirational and simple. My favorite quote is by him  "when we trust profoundly that today is the day of the Lord our faces can relax and we can smile back at the one who smiles at us". Although I admit that there are many days that I click past the email with good intention to come back to it, the days when I stop, take just a few moments and breath in the words can be centering and refreshing just like taking in a few deep breaths. What are some ways that you prompt yourself to "breath in" each day?

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