Pond Rings for Ashley
Ashley writes beautifully about the connections and friendships we make here, in this on-line space. She notes "the unique phenomena of online communities and how there is a built in component of connection and attention that often is unknown, but holds a potent space." This has been so true for us here at Graceful Presence. We have been warmed and enlivened by the familiar faces of friends joining us here, and by those who simply open this page, and notice. Like pond rings, each ring forming connections creates an ever broadening circle of Presence through our lives.
Ashley shares our experience when she writes, "A wave of electric delight or effervescent bubbles rising and making a fizz, has the opportunity to run through our systems when connection, community, and care are acknowledged and we feel the essential embrace of intimacy, belonging, and acceptance."
Thank you Ashley.
6 comments:
I know who you really are! You show me perfectly here...and I see you there...and everywhere.
When one takes the time to see the divinity in themselves, suddenly that divinity appears everywhere, as everything...and we cannot help but share our experiences as we remind ourselves of who we truly are!
Namaste
a whispering 'thank you, meredith' and 'you're welcome' passing through with the wind.
with love,
ashley
the feeling is so mutual.. thank you for the consistent beauty of this on-line space.. hadn't thought about the pond rings, but you're right.. each entry, each reader, each impact has such a profound potential to ripple outward and beyond..
blessings to you today..
I send along a warm embrace to each and everyone of you.
or rather... everyone of us :)
Gemma Grace, the warmth of your embrace is larger than you think. Thank you for extending it to all of us and not leaving yourself out. You remind me that we wrap, or as Meredith says "enfold," ourselves in our own warm embrace. Kabir speaks of "Being meeting Itself" and I imagine Being warmly embracing itself upon this blissful meeting.
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