Mary Niker Mindfulness

09/06/2026

“Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.”
George Eliot

Artist: Heinrich von Zügel

Paired by Whispers from the Heart

09/06/2026

"Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance."
Brené Brown - Daring Greatly

Artist: S. hee

Paired by Whispers from the Heart

09/06/2026

“Energy moves in cycles, circles, spirals, vortexes, whirls, pulsations, waves, and rhythms—rarely if ever in simple straight lines.”

~ Starhawk, The Earth Path: Grounding Your Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature
Starhawk

Art: Oksana Ivanik, “Getting Off the Ground”
Oksana Ivanik Art

28/05/2026

St Melangell's Day - May 27th

Melangell was an Irish princess in the 7th/8th century who fled an arranged marriage and became a consecrated virgin in the wilderness of the Kingdom of Powys, Wales living as a hermit in the Berwyn Mountains.

She supernaturally protected a hare from a prince's hunting dogs, when the Prince of Powys discovered her while hunting, his hounds fled from a hare that had taken refuge under her cloak. The prince granted her land to found a sanctuary and convent.

Since the medieval period, she has been venerated as the patron saint of hares, rabbits, small animals and the natural environment.

25/05/2026

Solitude is one of the most precious things in the human spirit. It is different from loneliness. When you are lonely, you become acutely conscious of your own separation. Solitude can be a homecoming to your own deepest belonging. One of the lovely things about us as individuals is the incommensurable in us. In each person, there is a point of absolute nonconnection with everything else and with everyone. This is fascinating and frightening. It means that we cannot continue to seek outside ourselves for things we need from within. The blessings for which we hunger are not to be found in other places or people. These gifts can only be given to you by yourself. They are at home at the hearth of your soul.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his book, Anam Cara,
25th Anniversary Edition.
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/anam-cara

County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

22/05/2026

22/05/2026

Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.

William Butler Yeats
Painting 'May Moon' - Gaedening by moonlight. Nicolai Astrup.
www.teallach.com

09/05/2026

“Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them.
They move on. They move away.
The moments that used to define them are covered by
moments of their own accomplishments.

It is not until much later, that
children understand;
their stories and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories
of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones,
beneath the water of their lives.”
Mitch Albom

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida - After the Bath, 1902.