on the path again

I was recently on a class/retreat for Carey Theological College and was excited that they had a labyrinth to walk, as I'm anticipating the labyrinth facilitator workshop with Lauren Artress of Veriditas next weekend.
So the labyrinth was actually a part of our class and we walked it in 2 groups of 8. This was a new experience for me to walk it with more people. A whole different experience! Not only are you dealing with your own thoughts, but also with other people following you! As always, on the path, you learn something about yourself and God. I definitely like to keep my private space and reel when people come too close. Yeah, I got issues with trust and opening up. Maybe that's why blogging attracts me :) So to my friends out there: don't let this scare you, just go gently. I'm learning still. It just never stops does it? But that's the good thing.
I did walk again later in the week, by myself and had another beautiful experience.
All this confirmed the lesson of taking time alone as well as time in community, for they both form and teach us.
So keep walking ! With your eyes on the road and out stretched hand.

quilting up a labyrinth storm! see the labyrinth quilt page for updates and additions.

Beauty

I was on a holiday for the last 2 weeks in my native Holland. The main reason was to celebrate 2 life events, one my MIL's 90th birthday and the second my aunt's 70th birthday. Lots of family and food. There is such beauty in people and community!

Mom, Dad, t. Lies

Since it was May, the gardens were in full bloom and we visited several and just soaked in the beauty of nature and its many colours.

Of course I could not go to Europe without visiting a quilt store and we finally found one in Borger, right beside the "Hunebedden", ancient burial places made out of the huge rocks left behind after the ice age. There is beauty in history as well, as we oohed and aahed over all the old buildings we saw.

a "hunebed"

Bremen, market

Schnoor, quarter in Bremen

   

Oh, yes, the quilt store was in a typical little Dutch farm house and I picked up a few treasures there as well.

There's beauty in so many different ways in so many places. One of the joys of travel is to explore and experience this. And then there's always the beauty of coming home to our own house and being greeted by the kids and cat!