Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Dear God,

How good it is to spend liminal time with you, that time of in-between the not-over-yet and the what-is-to come.  It is a time for assessment, reflection and decision-making.  For me it is winter-not-over and spring-that-is-to-come.  Since I love winter more than all other seasons, this is always the time for thanksgiving and surrender.

Recently when the Buddhist monks were walking for peace across the United States to Washington, D C, one word came to me and I have spent some time really pondering it.  That is the word Detachment.  I must confess I am attached to many things I love.  I love my books, my frosties and my retreat materials.  They have all served me well.  But do they still?  Would they bless someone else?  Is it time to give away or give back?

Every season offers life lessons.  For interested persons, we can learn so much by watching and waiting, by considering and giving and by listening and responding.  In September as I enter into my 80th year, what are you telling me, O God?  What lesson do you want to teach me?  What are you asking me to surrender?

Thank you,

Compassionate God,

for all

the gifts

of life.

Thank you

for teaching me

the way

of life,

of faith and

of gratitude.

Open the

whole of me

to the whole

of you

that I

may hear

your voice

every day

this year.

Yours, Andrea