This picture is a detail from François Gérard’s painting of St Teresa of Ávila, a Spanish Carmelite nun, contemplative, and mystic who was born in 1515 and died in 1582. She wrote several spiritual classics considered to be masterpieces of the spiritual life, and was the first woman to be made a doctor of the…
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Saying Goodbye… and Dancing
Goodbye. It is such a loaded word – such an emotional word. I have had to say goodbye to many people and places over my life, and it is never easy. Sometimes the goodbyes have been self-imposed, such as when I chose to leave a soul-draining workplace. Most people would advise that one should never…
The MuSinGer 