30-12-2022 10:07 AM
30-12-2022 10:07 AM
I won’t be celebrating the new year. Haven’t for a long time.
But wondered whether anyone had any thoughts, dreams or prayers as we move into the count-down….?
Heres a prayer I read every day for my first few years after leaving rehab for alcohol and then onto stabilising for bipolar…
Peace Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me a channel of thy peace:
that where there is hatred, I may bring love;
that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness;
that where there is discord, I may bring harmony;
that where there is error, I may bring truth;
that where there is doubt, I may bring faith;
that where there is despair, I may bring hope;
that where there are shadows, I may bring light;
that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek rather
to comfort than to be comforted;
to understand than be understood;
to love than to be loved.
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It is by dying that one awakens to eternal life.
Amen.
Thinking of you all…
30-12-2022 12:51 PM
30-12-2022 12:51 PM
Pax et bonum @Delicatessen (a Franciscan greeting).
Thanks for posting. I'll reflect on this...I don't celebrate the new year but still feel it's a time for affirmations.
(Btw you inspired me to revisit the canticle of the sun).
30-12-2022 03:10 PM
30-12-2022 03:10 PM
Hi @Delicatessen . 🙂 Interesting idea for a thread.
I still tumble in to the new year with a hope/prayer that this will finally be the year I meet and begin to romance my soulmate.
I expect to be disappointed, yet again, of course. But being the fool I am, I still hope.
30-12-2022 06:07 PM
30-12-2022 06:07 PM
Isn't it amazing how HOPE can SPRING ETERNAL @chibam
Thanks for tag @Dimity
@Delicatessen Yep I have been inspired by Franciscan spirituality since being a tween and the whole catholic confirmation thing, and have various deeper dives. Had a a brief theology talk today. It informs a large part of who I am.
30-12-2022 07:24 PM
30-12-2022 07:24 PM
love to all those suffering in war torn nations. may they be victorious.
31-12-2022 12:06 PM - edited 31-12-2022 02:30 PM
31-12-2022 12:06 PM - edited 31-12-2022 02:30 PM
@Delicatessen @greenpea @Appleblossom @chibam @Dimity
Thanks so much for the new years thread. It's been a year where "new normals" have lead to completely new paradigms.
For the first time in some time, I'm a beautiful stranger to myself, fellow beautiful strangers.
If change is possible, same goes for anything.
31-12-2022 02:26 PM
31-12-2022 02:26 PM
@wellwellwellnez @Delicatessen @Appleblossom et al that all resonates with me... as of 2022 I'm emerging - confronting myself and my values and taking responsibility. For 2023 i choose to reaffirm and nurture my few connections and pursue purpose and meaning. Reflection, daily activities, anticipation. I'm drawn to spiritual ecology - maybe I'll find ways it translates into community.
Pax et bonum. Hope your wishes come true @chibam @greenpea .
@Appleblossom et al have you heard John Rutter's setting of @Delicatessen 's prayer?
31-12-2022 02:37 PM
31-12-2022 02:37 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2D7dT_OEGY
Not heard it before, tho done a bit of Rutter ...
Maybe you can keep me honest for 2023 @Dimity
31-12-2022 02:54 PM
31-12-2022 02:54 PM
Perhaps that should be mutual @Appleblossom 😀
31-12-2022 02:59 PM
31-12-2022 02:59 PM
Deal @Dimity
I like spiritual ecology ... as in both those concepts and then all wrapped up together.
When back from festival need to get a bit of structure into my life, and yes keep telling myself its alright to have a life.
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