Saturday, February 08, 2014

Engage the Beautiful.


"When we lose sight of beauty our struggle becomes ' tired and functional. 
When we expect and engage the Beautiful, 
a new fluency is set free within us and between us. 
The heart becomes rekindled and our lives brighten with unexpected courage. 
It is courage that restores hope to the heart. 
In our day to day lives, we often show courage without realising it. 
However, it is only when we are afraid that courage becomes a question. 
Courage is amazing because it can tap in to the heart of fear, 
that frightened energy and turning it towards initiative, creativity, action and hope. 
When courage comes alive, imprisoning 
become frontiers of new possibility, 
difficulty becomes invitation and the heart comes into a new rhythm of trust and sureness. 
There are secret sources of courage inside every human heart; 
yet courage needs to be awakened in us. 
The encounter with the Beautiful can bring such awakening. 
Courage is a spark that can become 
flame of hope, lighting new and exciting pathways in what to be dead, dark landscapes."

by John O'Donohue.