Happy Soul Food for the last Friday in 2023!
This week:
- Make Joy Your Mission
- Believe in Yourself
- Experience the Beauty and Diversity of Human Spirituality in Pictures
- Commune Through the Power of Live Music
WINTER’S CLOAK by Joyce Rupp:
This year I do not want the dark to leave me.
I need its wrap of silent stillness, its cloak of long-lasting embrace.
Too much light has pulled me away from the chamber of gestation.
Let the dawns come late, let the sunsets arrive early, let the evenings extend themselves while I lean into the abyss of my being.
Let me lie in the cave of my soul, for too much light blinds me, steals the source of revelation.
Let me seek solace in the empty places of winter’s passage, those vast dark nights that never fail to shelter me.
Mission Joy!
If you want to appreciate real joy from two masters of the craft and haven’t seen it yet, I strongly recommend watching this movie of the final meeting of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Sage wisdom and laugh out loud funny!
How to Believe in Yourself:
If you want to unlock your own potential and unleash your self-mastery in the new year, this is great listen!
How to Believe in Yourself | Hidden Brain Media
In pictures – human spirituality in all its remarkable beauty and diversity
Love, commitment, dedication, and faith — the many forms of devotion as seen through the lens of one photographer.
In pictures – human spirituality in all its beauty and diversity | The Independent
If you are local on Jan 4th 2024:
Join me on Thursday January 4th at the Music Box for some Righteous Live Music to Kick Off the New Year with Strange Crew!
As we turn the bend on another cycle around the sun, reflect on our resolutions while tolerating disillusions, if more live music is on your Santa list, here is your opportunity to launch into the New Year with the verve and vivacity that is all you…
Strange Crew (and me too) will be playing at the Music Box in Little Italy on Thursday 1/04/24 along with 3 other bands including ZenZag (Reggae Fusion), The Joshua 3 (U2 tribute), and Headmaster (Smiths fans…not impersonators).
So, grab your friends, family (21 and up), neighbors, workmates, frenemies- and come let your hair down.
YOU are in!
I can get you as many complimentary tickets as you like for this killer venue, so don’t be bashful- now is the time to be indulgent and spoil your friends too. This works as a holiday gift that extends into the new year and everyone will appreciate your magnanimous nature.
Simply email me ASAP at nevilleb@missionfed.com re: the number of tickets you want + your mailing address and voila you are on the nice list!
More on these fun bands can be found here: ZenZag, Strange Crew, The Joshua 3, Headmaster (musicboxsd.com)
And here is a sampler to whet your whistle: Strange Crew – YouTube
Thanks this week go to Kurt C for the poem!
Happy New Year everyone…
Love,
Neville
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“A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses;
It is an idea that possesses the mind.” – Robert Oxton Bolton
Happy Soul Food Friday! 