Sunday, April 17th, 2022
Alas, though we all wish this “Covid Cloud” that has been hanging over us for so long would just disappear already, it is still very much present and unfortunately has hit home. After 2 negative tests earlier in the week, Mark and I both tested positive yesterday and are hunkered down in quarantine. This of course means there will be no Easter Celebration this Sunday, though we DO hope to move the celebration to the following Sunday, which is Orthodox Easter! We also apologize to those who we may have unknowingly exposed to the virus, as it’s hard to say when we were first contagious. Our symptoms are fairly mild and shouldn’t keep us down for long, but it sure does wreak havoc on the daily schedule of lessons, music gigs, and our beloved Paths of Heart! We’ll check in next week about Sunday the 24th, and please email or call us with any concerns or questions. Happy Easter and be safe out there!
Love, light, and wellness to you,
Colleen and Mark
Quotes to ponder
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley.”
~ Robert Burns
“Chaos is roving through the system and able to undo, at any point, the best laid plans.”
~ Terence McKenna
“When things go awry, if they are mostly an inconvenience to you or a threat to your ego, instead of getting furious, can you laugh? Sometimes even the best-laid plans, the most carefully planned events can turn out quite differently than planned.”
~ James Martin
“Carefully laid plans aren’t always the best. Sometimes Plan B is the real dream come true.”
~ S.J. D. Peterson
Looking Ahead/Notes of Interest
Paths of Heart Schedule (Sundays, 11 a.m.). We are considering moving our start time to 10 or 10:30 a.m. as the weather warms. Stay tuned for updates.
Mask Policy Update:
Though we had come to a general consensus that we were ready to do away with masks, we might want to reconsider in light of our family’s positive Covid results! For now, we are encouraging mask wearing again while indoors.
April 17th, Easter Sunday – NO Paths of Heart, due to Covid Quarantine
April 24th – in person (subject to change). We intend to move our Easter Celebration to this week (Orthodox Easter!) with a long-awaited-for POTLUCK after our gathering (hopefully outdoors!). Judi Lucero will be here from Grand Junction to join in the music! Ethan Roth will also join us on guitar, along with Emma Sloniker on vocals – a fine musical celebration indeed!
May 1st – ZOOM gathering
May 8th and 15th – Paths of Heart will take a couple of Sundays off. Our wood floors are being refinished and our POH meeting room will be holding the contents of half of our house while that happens!
May 22nd – in person
May 29th – in person
June 5th – ZOOM gathering
The above schedule is subject to change as we collectively craft the path of our gatherings going forward. 🙂
Sending prayers and affirmations ~ If anyone would like 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!
Giving Opportunities – Paths of Heart continues (into its 9th year now!) almost entirely through your generous donations. What a beautiful thing! If you find value in what we do here each week, please consider donating to keep our non-profit running smoothly, with grace and ease. The past 2 years saw a severe drop in donations and we’d love to regrow our account balance to a more healthy and sustainable level now that we are meeting regularly again. During the pandemic, online donations became increasingly important to our organization, and are 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! We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, so your donations are tax deductible!
Two ways you can further support Paths of Heart 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!
“Paths of Heart” Labyrinth and Zen Meditation Garden – 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 in the labyrinth 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.
Gratitudes
We are SO grateful to all who came to our house concert or just donated to the cause! It was a great success and so much fun. We were sad to suddenly realize the possibility of Covid spread, which we again deeply apologize for! All the musicians donated their time, so $1,285 was raised for Paths of Heart. We are also grateful to the outpouring of support for Paths of Heart in general during these challenging times. Our gratitude goes out to our survey committee who are working on specific questions to ask our community as we co-create the future of Paths of Heart. Thank you all!
What are you grateful for today?
“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.”
~ Henri Frederic Amiel
“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.”
~ Henry Ward Beecher
“Going to sleep with a grateful, open heart
is a powerful healing practice. Your dreams will become more inspiring and you will awaken in the morning
with a lighter state of mind.”
~ Dr. John Demartini
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!