Ten Thousand Places

The lesson which life constantly repeats is to ‘look under your feet.’ You are always nearer to the divine
and the true sources of your power than you think.
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive.
The great opportunity is where you are.
Do not despise your own place and hour.
Every place is under the stars.
Every place is the center of the world.

John Burroughs

A Friday ritual.
A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by SouleMama (through daily doings). If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see.

My friends Jeremy and Elizabeth Sobkowiak were in the midst of an overseas adoption when they got word that the birth mother of their son was pregnant again, and wanting them to adopt the baby. They had already decided that they would never turn down a sibling adoption, so they immediately said “yes.” But now, after having raised almost all the funds for their overseas adoption, they have to raise all the fees for this adoption, too. One of the ways they have been raising money is through Just Love Coffee Roasters.

If you’re looking for ways to make your Christmas gifts more meaningful this year (or just looking for some really great coffee), please consider buying this fairly-traded, sustainably-farmed coffee to help Jeremy and Elizabeth bring their babies home. As if that weren’t enough incentive, 5% of every sale of Just Love Coffee goes to support clean water projects in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya.

Here’s the link to their coffee sales page https://justlovecoffee.com/about/beneficiary/zzpetals/. You can also go to their blog, ZuZu’s Petals, to read more about their story and to see other ways to support their adoption.

A Friday ritual.
A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by SouleMama (through daily doings). If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see.