February 25th, 2024
It’s really quite remarkable that this month we celebrate 10 years of gatherings at Paths of Heart!! What a journey it’s been, and you’ve all played a significant part in it, no doubt about it. So this Sunday we’ll CELEBRATE and also explore what led us on our individual eclectic spiritual paths, and perhaps Paths of Heart specifically. We’d love to hear your stories. We are pleased to have Katharine Gregory co-facilitate the morning with us! Our gathering will be followed by a community potluck and we hope you can stay for that, too. We’ll plan on being indoors, but the way this weekend’s weather is shaping up, we may choose to be outside for our meal!
Thanks for walking this path with us, Colleen and Mark
Quotes to ponder
“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.”
~ Coretta Scott King
“It may be that when we no longer know which way to go that we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings”
~ Wendell Berry
“We don’t heal in isolation, but in community.”
~ S. Kelley Harrell
“Every human activity can be put at the service of the divine and of love. We should all exercise our gift to build community.”
~ Jean Vanier
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food.”
~ Dean Ornish
“To walk the spiritual path is to continually step out into the unknown.”
~ Wallace Huey
“There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.”
~ M. Scott Peck
Looking Ahead/Notes of Interest
***Dates subject to change! Please always refer to latest newsletters for latest information and updates***
Sunday, February 25th – In person POH Gathering, 10:30 a.m. We’ll be celebrating 10 years of Paths of Heart with a potluck, immediately following our gathering. Woo hoo!
Sunday, March 3rd – In person POH Gathering, 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 10th – ZOOM POH Gathering, 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 17th – NO Paths of Heart Gathering
Sunday, March 24th – In person POH Gathering, 10:30 a.m.
Please mark your calendars for the above scheduled dates!
Guest Presenters and Musicians Wanted! Now that we’re meeting on a more regular basis we’d love to get back to having other folks present a topic on some Sundays and having other musicians sit in as well. Please get in touch if you’re interested! A small honorarium is available.
Paths of Heart Song Circles have been discontinued due to lack of attendance. We’re sorry to see them go!
Giving Opportunities
Paths of Heart continues to welcome and appreciate your generous donations as we work to bolster our finances and return to regular Sunday gatherings. During the pandemic, online donations became increasingly important to our organization, and are always gratefully accepted on our website, https://www.pathsofheart.org/donate/. There is an option for recurring monthly donations, if you so choose. We have also added Venmo as an easy way to donate to Paths of Heart! Just type in @PathsofHeart to find us in the Venmo app. Thanks so much for supporting the continuation of Paths of Heart. Remember, we are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so your donations are tax deductible!
Another easy way to further support Paths of Heart is through the 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! This one small gesture (by just 25 or so families at this point) helps to generate over $1,000 a year for Paths of Heart, so we appreciate your consideration in participating in this valuable program!!
“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.
Gratitudes
We are so grateful for all our music students who bring us joy in so many different ways as they express themselves through musical exploration! We also love these warmer days that remind us that spring is on its way!
What are you grateful for today?
I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.
~ Brene Brown
What I’ve learned is there’s a scientifically proven phenomenon that’s attached to gratitude, and that if you consciously take note of what is good in your life, quantifiable benefits happen.
~ Deborah Norville
“If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.”
~ Meister Eckhart
“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Just an observation: it is impossible to be both grateful and depressed. Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess. And even though life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up.”
~ Steve Maraboli
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!
