December 8, 2024
Anam Cara, A Book of Celtic Wisdom, by John O’Donohue
“If you have ever had the occasion to be out early in the morning before the dawn breaks, you will have noticed that the darkest time of night is immediately before dawn. The darkness deepens and becomes more anonymous. If you had never been to the world and never known what a day was, you couldn't possibly imagine how the darkness breaks, how the mystery and color of the new day arrive. Light is incredibly generous, but also gentle. When you attend to the way the dawn comes, you learn how the light can coax the dark. The first fingers of light appear on the horizon, and ever so definitely and gradually, they pull the mantle of darkness away from the world. Quietly before you is a mystery of the new dawn a new day. Emerson said, “No one suspects the days to be God's.” It is one of the tragedies of modern culture that we have lost touch with these primal thresholds of nature.”
Anam Cara, A Book of Celtic Wisdom, by John O’Donohue pgs.1-2.
Invitation: …imagine how the darkness breaks…
We will meet for the Community Table Monday, December 9th at 8:00 PM ET. Contact us for information HERE.
Join Mardi Tindal and Jean Richardson for their upcoming retreat series beginning in February. More HERE.
Learn More About Circles of Courageous Commons HERE
This seems like a relevant, timely and powerful reminder for this era in our nation and world, with so much uncertainty and chaos -- "If you have ever had the occasion to be out early in the morning before the dawn breaks, you will have noticed that the darkest time of night is immediately before dawn."