Captured By The Unexpected

Description:

In this book John joins you in a sharing of a very personal kind. In the first section there is a journey through the Celtic culture. The Celtic view of life is a creature of extremes - it will challenge and nourish, disturb and comfort, provoke and humor you in some unexpected ways.

The second section has four parts - Clannad/Family, Spiritus, Nature, and Capturing. In this section John's voice changes. It is poetic. In this form there are words which will, as the Irish say, "have you" in unexpected ways. Just go wandering and wondering and it will happen.

Excerpt:

Peregrinatio
(6/27/05)

Come away.
In coming away search your heart.
Search your heart for a longing.
Embrace the longing to find a desire.
Cradle the desire to reveal the adventure.
Savor the adventure to unleash excitement.
Clasp the excitement to set a course.
In setting the course choose the first step.
Let the first step determine the path.
Use the path to travel through new worlds.
In the new worlds, greet all emerging creatures.
With the emerging creatures savor moments spent.
As the savoring goes on grasp the blessing of the moment.
Store the blessings to offset the moments of struggle.
Absorb the moments of struggle to build grace filled endurance.
Prize your grace filled endurance as a gift.
Suck up the gift and feel connected to life’s power.
Let life’s power wash over and refine you.
In this flood of refinement feel at-one.
Bathed in this at-onement celebrate the fruit of coming away.

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