http://throughaglass.net/archives/2012/04/06/saving-my-life-4/ seeing and being seen. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:27:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://throughaglass.net/archives/2012/04/06/saving-my-life-4/comment-page-1/#comment-66654 Nancy Sun, 08 Apr 2012 02:11:36 +0000 http://throughaglass.net/?p=5730#comment-66654 Every week when I read these Friday posts, I wonder what is saving my life and I’m never sure. Geof, I can understand how rote prayer could do that, because sometimes we just don’t have the words to say. But I decided this afternoon that what is saving my life at the moment is the azaleas. They have been so gorgeous. I have a flame red one in my front yard that has lifted my spirits when I’ve walked out the front door. It’s fading now, as azaleas will do, but today I looked out my kitchen window and saw the wild azalea in my backyard. It’s been there who knows how long. It’s left over from when this area was a forest, and thankfully the houses in our neighborhood were built before clear cutting was the norm for a new development. It’s grown really tall and has gorgeous pink blossoms. I look forward to it every year. Something else will have to save my life next week probably, but this week I’m really thankful that this wild azalea is sharing its beauty with me.

]]> http://throughaglass.net/archives/2012/04/06/saving-my-life-4/comment-page-1/#comment-66653 Geof F. Morris Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:18:11 +0000 http://throughaglass.net/?p=5730#comment-66653 Rote prayer is saving my life. I have been struggling with a lot of things of late, including some dark ones. The other night it was really dark, and I just prayer the Lord’s Prayer over and over again until I felt an easement. I probably would not have done this had I not started praying an Anglican rosary a few months back. I didn’t think that rote prayer would do me any good, because it gave me no room for creativity in what I felt needed to be said. I don’t know about anyone else, but I was wrong about that.

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