The Restory Retreat Centre

    Glad To Meet You, Trees! The evergreen oak at the entrance to our lane  ~ ❖ ~ “I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.”                                                                   Henry David Thoreau ~ ❖ ~ The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Poplars lining up towards Tafelkop  ~ ❖ ~ "Silence my soul,  these trees are prayers."                                           Rabindranath Tagore ~ ❖ ~ Music Psithurism -  a rustling or whispering sound, such as leaves in the wind   What is beautiful about Eva Cassidy's  Tall Trees In Georgia...

Notes from a different drummer Learning the unforced rhythms of grace The practical  How Soul nurturing Soul friendship (Spiritual direction) "It is easier to find guides, someone to tell you what to do, than someone to be with you in a discerning, prayerful companionship as you work it out yourself. This is what spiritual direction is.”                                                                      ~ Eugene H. Peterson In the previous posts Spiritual Direction - 1 , Spiritual Direction - 2 and Spiritual Direction - 3 we've dealt extensively with the subject of spiritual direction. (See also the label heading Spiritual Direction that leads to other posts that touches on the subject). Here, we are merely indicating its importance in the process of Soul Nurturi...

Photograph by Matilda Angus Grown-ups are like that...  … When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you, “What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?” Instead, they demand: “How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?” Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.  If you were to say to the grown-ups: “I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brick, with geraniums in the windows and doves on the roof,” they would not be able to get any idea of that house at all. You would have to say to them: “I saw a house that cost $20,000.” Then they would exclaim: “Oh, what a pretty house that is!”  Antoine de Saint-Exupery: The little Prince