Shining Through

‘There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.’ - Leonard Cohen

Earlier today (while reading the “On the Same Page” post for this week, Shining Through), I was overcome with a wave of emotion by this line: I want to be shined through.

The words felt tender and true. I want to be shined through. I don’t want to do the shining.

It’s a lot of work to stay all polished and glimmery. Spit here. Rub there.

I want to be shined through. To Be. Not Do.

Update on Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 10:44 AM by Kayce S Hughlett

"If you're really listening, if you're awake to the poignant beauty of the world, your heart breaks regularly. In fact, your heart is made to break; its purpose is to burst open again and again so that it can hold evermore wonders."   Andrew Harvey

With gratitude for shy girls and long hallways…

Shy. Painfully shy… if you’ve lived in this state of being then you know exactly what I’m talking about… that urge to open your mouth and say something—anything—to fit in or be seen while all the while your inner voice is telling you to Shut up. Stay silent. You’ll never fit in and if they see you, well… they’ll only laugh.

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A Pilgrim's "Closing" Thoughts

"I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, sensations and excitements, awaited those who had the courage to go forth into its expanse." Charlotte Bronte from "Jane Eyre"

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Domino... aka Nighttime at Our House

One word—“Mom”—reaches out of the velvety night like cream pouring from fine china. “I’m home.”

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Unplugging. Will you? Can you? Would you? I did.

Recently I decided to take a challenge and participate in the National Day of Unplugging and go off the grid for 24 hours. After the initial panic subsided when I realized it entailed turning off my iPhone in addition to the computer and iPad, I reconciled with my decision, sent my family a reminder I was unplugging, and waited for the sun to set.

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