D L Corry Coaching

At any time you can ask yourself: At which threshold am I now standing? At this time in my life, what am I leaving? Where am I about to enter? What is preventing me from crossing my next threshold? What gift would enable me to do it? A threshold is not a simple boundary; it is a frontier that divides two different territories, rhythms, and atmospheres. Indeed, it is a lovely testimony to the fullness and integrity of an experience or a stage of life that it intensifies toward the end into a real frontier that cannot be crossed without the heart being passionately engaged and woken up. At this threshold a great complexity of emotion comes alive: confusion, fear, excitement, sadness, hope. This is one of the reasons such vital crossings were always clothed in ritual. It is wise in your own life to be able to recognize and acknowledge the key thresholds: to take your time; to feel all the varieties of presence that accrue there; to listen inward with complete attention until you hear the inner voice calling you forward. The time has come to cross.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his books: To Bless the Space Between Us (US) / Benedictus (Europe)
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Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

“You are constantly invited to be what you are.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Changing Seasons Within

As the seasons change around us,
we change also.
The world shifts in quiet increments,
light tilting, air cooling,
leaves loosening their grip,
and something in us answers.

We shed what has grown too heavy
and reach for what continues to nurture our growth and well-being.
Each season asks something different of us,
and each time we respond
with a different version of ourselves.

~'The Changing Seasons Within' by The Garden Of Pensiveness

✍️ Mary Anne Byrne

~ Image by Ana Rivero

This is the time to be slow,
Lie low to the wall
Until the bitter weather passes.

Try, as best you can, not to let
The wire brush of doubt
Scrape from your heart
All sense of yourself
And your hesitant light.

If you remain generous,
Time will come good;
And you will find your feet
Again on fresh pastures of promise,
Where the air will be kind
And blushed with beginning.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

From his books, Benedictus (Europe) / To Bless the Space Between Us (US)
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County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

It was November—the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines. Anne roamed through the pineland alleys and…let that great sweeping wind blow the fogs out of her soul.

ANNE OF THE ISLAND
by
🎨 Bertha Wegmann

(This quote with this painting was posted for the first time in 2021 here, a favourite!)

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From A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

Every moment is a clean slate filled with possibility…

The real treat is sharing smiles, stories, and a little magic with those you love...

The most powerful change is a shift in perspective guided by the intuitive wisdom of the heart...

At the heart of things is a secret law of balance and when our approach is respectful, sensitive and worthy, gifts of healing, challenge and creativity open to us. A gracious approach is the key that unlocks the treasure of encounter. The way we are present to each other is frequently superficial. In many areas of our lives the rich potential of friendship and love remains out of our reach because we push towards 'connection.' When we deaden our own depths, we cannot strike a resonance in those we meet or in the work we do.

A reverence of approach awakens depth and enables us to be truly present where we are. When we approach with reverence great things decide to approach us. Our real life comes to the surface and its light awakens the concealed beauty of things. When we walk on the earth with reverence, beauty will decide to trust us. The rushed heart and the arrogant mind lack the gentleness and patience to enter that embrace. Beauty is mysterious, a slow presence who waits for the ready, expectant heart.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his books, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (US) / Divine Beauty (Europe)
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County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill