Tuesday, January 01, 2019

Saturday Mornings 2.0 - Generosity of Spirit

Like last year, I am anticipating what a new year may bring.  I feel aware of my desire for the following Generosity of Spirit:

Growing my awareness and understanding,
to expand my capacity 
for wisdom and love.

From its onset, Saturday Mornings has become a way of noting a bit of this process for me.

When I first started doing Saturday Mornings, the following seemed to capture its essence for me (I think this still holds true, so I don't want to forget it):

"I've been drinking (coffee)...and writing on Saturday mornings. I don't claim much, but am willing to share some of the stuff I encounter in this wonderfully, mysterious life. I appreciate more and more simple words from an old hymn, "Strength for Today, Bright Hope for Tomorrow". What more could I really ask for than these two things? Perhaps some of my thread can be a part of our tapestry."

The next phase (2.0), it seems to me, captures the natural expansion of what this has been saying.  More than just observation, reflection, and self-discovery, I want to grow further by extending it to others, increasing my capacity for love -- something that often seems to require wisdom.

Perhaps, as each day unfolds this year, it will continue to reveal God's Spirit in me and whatever this means for what I offer the world around me.