I recently came across a beautiful monk from an Orthodox Christian monastery in Ireland. He receives many letters from people throughout the world, who share with him their problems, asking for his insight and any kind guidance that he may be able to offer them. One...
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved’s mine ~ Song of Songs, 6:3 Love is everything. It is not confined to a definition or a list. It is what gives life meaning. It is not an emotion, even though it feels so sweetly. It is often a verb because we need to...
“and when i breathe you in, i know you know” ~ The God-like Things by Lubomira Kourteva Like all else in life and in ourselves, within and without, love too has two aspects of itself: the masculine and the feminine. The masculine aspect of love is the...
Love’s only destiny is to fulfill itself, and it always will, and it always does. “It was a day in March. Never, never begin a story this way when you write one. No opening could possibly be worse. It is unimaginative, flat, dry and likely to consist of...
If you are made more generous, more open, more kind, it is sacred – it is good love – it is your right way forward. When I think of what does living a purposeful and fulfilled life mean – I think of living life as a prayer. Prayer brings us into...