“Dia de los Muertos Celebration”
Sunday, October 31st, 2021
Please join us for our annual Day of the Dead Celebration, where we honor our loved ones that have gone to “the other side”, remembering them with joy as we recognize death as a natural phase of life. We will have an ofrenda (altar) set up so you can add photos and mementos of your family, friends, and pets that have passed. Please bring a mask so that we comply with Larimer County’s reinstated indoor mask mandate. Hope you’ll join us at 11 a.m.!
Stay safe and well! Colleen and Mark
Quotes to ponder
“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
“For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.” ~ Khalil Gibran
“Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.” ~ Lao Tzu
“Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore
“After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” ~ J.K. Rowling
“Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.” ~ George Eliot
“God pours life into death and death into life without a drop being spilled.” ~ Author unknown
“For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.” ~ William Penn
Looking Ahead/Notes of Interest
Paths of Heart Schedule
(Sundays, 11 a.m.)
October 31st – in person, Dia de los Muertos Celebration
November 7th – ZOOM gathering. End of Daylight Saving Time (turn your clocks BACK one hour).
November 14th – in person gathering
November 21st – NO Paths of Heart
November 28th – in person, “Living in Gratitude”
December 5th – in person
December 12th – ZOOM Gathering
Request for guest presenters and musicians! ~ Thanks to those who have stepped up to present a topic on Sunday, or to share music! Please let us know if you’re interested or have ideas of other speakers/musicians you’d like to invite. A small honorarium is available.
Sending “Good Juju” and prayer ~ If anyone ever wants to receive our collective positive thoughts and prayers on a Sunday morning, please ask! We can be as specific or as anonymous as you’d like. Let us know if we can surround you and your loved ones in love and light!
“Paths of Heart” Labyrinth – What a joy it was to envision and oversee the creation of our labyrinth and Zen Garden last summer! This was intentioned to be a community space, so know that you are always welcome to drop by and walk or sit – you do not need to let us know in advance. Do note that we have experienced the outer “halo” of glass blocks to be slippery when wet, so it’s best to walk it on a dry day (not usually a problem in Colorado!). We also welcome volunteers to help keep our labyrinth looking beautiful and free of debris and weeds. Thank you in advance.
Giving Opportunities – Two ways you can support Paths of Heart without costing you an extra penny are detailed below:
King Soopers Community Rewards Program – if you shop at KS and have a rewards card, you can “link” it to Paths of Heart and King Soopers will donate a portion of your dollars spent (around 5%) to our non-profit. Go to https://www.kingsoopers.com/i/community/community-rewards to sign up and link your card. Our organization name is Paths of Heart and organization number is RG782. Let us know if you want help signing up!
Amazon Smile – We do love shopping locally and very often do, but Amazon sometimes fits the bill. If you are an Amazon shopper, you can make a difference by shopping at smile.amazon.com/ch/81-4175487 to generate donations for Paths of Heart!
During this past year when we weren’t meeting often, online donations became increasingly important to our organization, and are still always gratefully accepted on our website, https://www.pathsofheart.org/donate/. You can even sign up for monthly giving, which we deeply appreciate. Thanks so much for supporting the continuation of Paths of Heart!
Gratitudes
It’s been another productive week here at the homestead – cabinets installed, painting happening, lots of tree work done! We are grateful to have the resources to complete projects inside and out.
What are you grateful for today?
“Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.” ~ Amy Collette
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” ~ Gilbert C. Chesterton
“The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” ~ Mary Davis
“If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.” ~ Rabbi Harold Kushner
About Paths of Heart…
Paths of Heart is a high spirited, heart-centered community where we gather together (in new and creative ways!) for music, poetry, commentary, and dialogue to create and nurture joy, compassion, gratitude, and love – in our own lives and throughout the world. Paths of Heart is a 501(c)(3) Human Services/Educational non-profit organization that uses the arts, especially, to encourage and propel seekers of a better, more peaceful world to find ways to serve, while becoming more kind and compassionate human beings.
We welcome you as we collectively and individually explore the sweet mysteries of life – this is an invitation into co-creation!
Visit us on the web at https://www.pathsofheart.org
We hope our physical paths may cross soon!