JULY 31 – THE EYE IS THE LAMP – MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING

 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.” Jesus Jesus implies that the eye that is clear, lets light in. Considering the eye as something that lets light in and not just something that observes light outside...

JULY 27 – ALLOWING PAIN IN – MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING

 I am becoming water: I let everything rinse its grief in me and reflect as much light as I can. Another paradox I continually struggle with is how to let others in without becoming them. How to open the door of compassion without the things and people we feel for...