"Imagine the universe is a great spinning engine. You want to stay near the core...right in the hub of the wheel...not out at the edges where all the wild whirling takes place, where you can get frayed and crazy. The hub of calmness... that's where God lives within you. Keep coming back to that center."
               ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

On this first day of the rest of our lives, let's resolve to live near our core, centered and calm. It's where our strengths dwell. Our resources. Our gifts. 

Whenever we even begin to feel frayed,
let's pause, notice early the wild whirlings,
and bring ourselves back,
gently to our core,
where we'll again find calm, kindness,

our true selves.  
And God.

Let's imagine ourselves there and bring ourselves there.

Seeing it so,
Charlene