Introduction
“To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to the violence of our times.”― Thomas Merton
In our world, crammed with information and activity, you may feel the need for some respite. I created the Daily Balm messages to flow soothing energy and kindness into your daily round and am now gathering them into monthly collections, and this one is from December 2021.
With much love from our home to yours.
Jane
1 December 2021 – Lantern
You are your own
Lantern of Light.
2 December 2021 – Clinging to the Familiar
Where we know what to do
Feel busy
Fill our days
We cling to the familiar.
3 December 2021 – Places to Pause
You need a place to pause
Away...
From all the noise
And the madness.
4 December 2021 – We Are All Feeling It
We are all feeling it...
Weary of the fear
Unable to plan forwards
Waiting for the next variant
Another rule for living
The next lockdown.
We are all askew.
Yet...
You are still you...
In all your wonder.
5 December 2021 – Faith
Keep feeding your faith...
In you
Love and life.
6 December 2021 – Possibilities
An open heart for...
Exploring
New shores
Possibilities
And
Adventures.
7 December 2021 – Comfort and Joy
The comfort of those close to you
And
Sharing joy with those in your
Magic Circle.
8 December 2021 – Song of Life
The notes you choose
In your
Song of Life.
9 December 2021 – Different Doorways
You can gift yourself permission,
To choose a different doorway.
10 December 2021 – Golden Warmth
Even in the seasons of Autumn and Winter,
Nature shares her
Golden Warmth.
11 December 2021 – Beneath the Ice
Beauty edged in ice.
The promise of blooms to come...
When the warmth returns.
12 December 2021 – The View from Above
The simplest of routines
Can lift us up...
To the inspiration of a different view.
13 December 2021 – Tricks of the Light and Life
Rainbows...
A trick of the light and atmospherics.
Yet we believe they hold magic...
What else holds magic for you?
14 December 2021 – Sailing Forth
You don't know what is out there...
Beyond your current view.
Sail forth anyway...
New adventures await.
15 December 2021 – Decorating your Life
Moments of quiet and love
Decorate your life.
16 December 2021 – Bending Under the Load
Your branches of life
They carry your load
And you are rooted
Deep in the earth.
17 December 2021 – Choosing your Notes
You choose your notes
And your tune.
Can you hear
Your Song of Life?
18 December 2021 – Your Pathway
Your pathway may look slippery.
Take the steps anyway.
It is your path.
Your steps forward.
19 December 2021 – Delight
Joy in moments:
A child's laughter
Hearing the voice of a loved one
A breeze on your cheek
A moment that touches your heart.
Delight in life.
20 December 2021 – Pondering on a New Map
We are nearing the dawn of a new year
And the time of traditional resolutions.
You can pick up a new map
Anytime.
Dream, plan new adventures, explore...
Anytime.
21 December 2021 – Winter Solstice
Shine your warmth and
Your energy
Into the Winter Solstice.
22 December 2021 – Fairy Lights
Words light up your life.
Their warmth can be felt
Long after they are shared.
23 December 2021 – Up Above
There is a silence
High above the hubbub of life.
Aiming to find that stillness
During these harried days
Is a loving goal and
You don't need to climb aboard a cable car
To discover it.
24 December 2021 – Northern Lights
Nature's light
Flowing love and comfort
For you.
25 December 2021 – Our Home Bubbles
Wishing you all
A festive day.
In your home bubbles.
26 December 2021 – Drops of Flowery Love
Drops of flowery love
From our home to yours.
27 December 2021 – Festive Light
Calm falls
After the festive storm.
28 December 2021 – Winter’s Hush
Peace and
Hibernation
Amidst Winter's hush.
Time to retreat and restore.
29 December 2021 – Stillness
Time to pause
Just to Be.
Still in the silence
Where you can 'Be'.
30 December 2021 – Can You Hear?
Can you hear?
Yourself think.
The beat of your heart.
The whisper of life
Calling you to Be yourself.
31 December 2021 – On the Cusp of the New Year
Time to drop the spirals
Of the old year.
What has been
And gone.
Who did what to whom?
What events unfolded
And any thought of what might be.
Time to clean the slate...
© Copyright Jane Sturgeon 2021
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