Holy Tuesday: Cradling your heart

Spring flowers from dead leaves. (photo: A.Furchert)

Dear fellow traveler,

On this Holy Tuesday I want to invite you into a holy pause to cradle your heart. The Aria I have chosen from the Matthew Passion offers you an invitation to self-compassion. To be compassionate even with your “bleeding heart.”

Cradling your heart. Making way for self compassion

I started this day a little less sick than yesterday. So I ventured out into the kitchen. I opened the windows wide to let in the morning sun. I tried to imagine being in our back yard garden at home while instead looking over the streets of Berlin with trees and bushes bordering the boulevard brimming with Spring energy waiting to be released. Finally. I then tended to my little “garden.” Some herb pots on the window sill. I picked some sage and rosemary and brewed a cup of tea from it to soothe my inflamed throat. Cradled in my hands, the tea twinkled in the sun and I imagined myself standing on a broad balcony overlooking the city.

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