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A Soul Care Meditation: Gathering the Good, A Spring Blessing - Mental Health Awareness Month Edition
- Andrea Angie (GA)
- May 10
- 3 min read
Today, we welcome 'Gathering the Good' as we Sankofa (SAHN-koh-fah) with open hands + contemplative hearts, going back to get what is precious, even as we step forward.
A Holy Haiku - Gathering the Good
Goodness, like wild herbs
Foraged from yesterday's love
Scent lingers, revives.
Amen + Asé
This haiku invites us to notice the subtle, sacred traces of goodness woven through our past. Like wild herbs gathered with intention, the love + lessons of yesterday are not lost—they linger, infusing our present with fragrance + vitality. This is the heart of Sankofa: honoring what has been, so we can carry its nourishment forward.
Reflection for Your Journey
What goodness from your past is calling to be gathered today? Pause + recall a moment, a kindness, or a lesson that still carries the scent of love. Let it revive you.
In what ways can you offer this gathered goodness to others? As you move forward, how might you share what you’ve foraged—through words, gifts, or acts of care?
Blessing: May you move through today with open hands and a contemplative heart, gathering the good, and letting its fragrance revive you and all you meet.
For May's Mental Health Awareness Month, affirm: "Through empathy, I/we return to our belovedness + reclaim in the spirit of Sankofa, to go back and get it, by the enablement of the Holy Spirit”
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With soul,
Pastor Angie
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Until next time,
Gift from your soul.
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