Hibernation Tea and a Walk

 For tea day today,
I am having raspberry tea,
while hibernating indoors
away from this awful heat.

 It is so hot and dry here!

 This photo shows how dry the ground is.
Everything is crispy underfoot
and cracks like this are showing up everywhere.

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I got back from my trip on Sunday,

One thing I do like to do on my trips
is to find labyrinths to walk.
I go to
 http://labyrinthsociety.org/
and click on
Labyrinth Locator.

I walked this labyrinth in San Antonio

early one morning,

when the sun was just coming up.

A labyrinth is not a maze.

It has only one path,

 a winding passage that leads to a central space in the center

 and back out again.

The labyrinth was used in Europe by medieval Christians and pilgrims.

Today, people of all faiths may experience their own pilgrimage.

There are three stages of the Walk...

Release

...the art of walking quiets and empties the mind.

Illumination

...is the place where you allow yourself to receive guidance,

 a place of prayer and meditation.

Union

...each time you walk

you can become healed and strengthened

for your walk in the world.

You can go within the soul and open the heart.

Walking a labyrinth always leaves me

with a sense of peace and healing.

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Savor the day!

Yvonne