Bread for the Journey International

We can achieve greater , and Success in all areas of our lives when we are on a path that moves us deeply.

Sometimes, we are afraid of our wounds. Perhaps, we see them as a sign of weakness or a sign of not being 100% well. Perhaps.
And perhaps....they deepen and enrich our life experiences and are gifts.

A BLESSING FOR ONE WHO IS EXHAUSTED
"...weariness invades your spirt. Gravity begins falling inside you, Dragging down every bone..."
read on.

A Blessing for One Who is Exhausted, by John O'Donohue | Awakin.org When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic, Time takes on the strain until it breaks; Then all the unattended stress falls in On the mind like an endless, increasing weight, The light in the mind becomes dim. Things you could take in your stride before Now become laborsome events of will. Weariness…

A wonderful time of year to delve into a practice, with the support of thousands of others!

Winter Feast For The Soul Winter Feast for the Soul invites you to join in 40 days of daily spiritual practice featuring teachers from a wide array of spiritual and religious traditions. What nine months does for the embryo, Forty early mornings will do for your growing awareness. -- Jelaluddin Rumi

"Starting last month, the central branch of the Sonoma County Library in downtown Santa Rosa began offering the homeless a weekly art workshop on Monday afternoons, when the library is closed to the general public...”Seen and Heard” is funded until late February, with an additional $1,500 art supply budget funded by the local chapter of Bread for the Journey."

Santa Rosa library offering art workshops to homeless To ordinary motorists on their morning commute, the homeless people gathered on

"Gratitude turns what we have into enough."
Melody Beattie

"The planet does not need more 'successful people'. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds. It needs people to live well in their places. It needs people with moral courage willing to join the struggle to make the world habitable and humane and these qualities have little to do with success as our culture is the set." - Dalai Lama

Here's to just "being there."
Happy 2015!

From Wayne Muller, Founder of Bread for the Journey.

"People change by seeking, finding, and nourishing the best of who they are. They persist through the dark, heart-shredding times. They reach deeper into their true nature, the source of their best wisdom, courage, and passion. We all carry in us an inner knowing that can lift us up, if only we will first learn to stand our ground."

The Only Way We Really Change, by Wayne Muller People don't ever change by becoming someone else. People change by seeking, finding, and nourishing the best of who they are. They persist through the dark, heart-shredding times. They reach deeper into their true nature, the source of their best wisdom, courage, and passion. In this piece Wayne Mu…

Ceres is thriving in both Sonoma and Marin County. Ceres is also a grant recipient of BFJ of Sonoma County. Great work, Ceres!

Meal-delivery service brings local foods to stricken patients Cathryn Couch looks happy in the kitchen, even though it’s not her