{"id":222,"date":"2012-09-15T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimberleybarker.net\/2012\/09\/a-sacred-space\/"},"modified":"2021-11-07T20:16:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T20:16:53","slug":"a-sacred-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberleybarker.net\/2012\/09\/a-sacred-space\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sacred Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v3G7iDyWHPY\/UFUB1Q4FsTI\/AAAAAAAAAEc\/uLiukjpAL1I\/s1600\/office1.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"191\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v3G7iDyWHPY\/UFUB1Q4FsTI\/AAAAAAAAAEc\/uLiukjpAL1I\/s320\/office1.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How many of us have sacred spaces within our homes? These are spaces that are all our own.&nbsp; A place to retreat with our own thoughts, devoid of others.&nbsp; Where is yours? Your office, your bedroom, the kitchen? <\/p>\n<p>For me, this place is my writing office. It is the place I go to share my innermost feelings with a pen and composition notebook every morning.&nbsp; It is the place I go to sit&nbsp;on my cream colored, overstuffed chair with a cup of tea at dusk and watch the setting sun through the luscious, green trees. <\/p>\n<p>This my sacred space is made up of the things in life that mean the most to me. My inspirational and design books, a poem written to me from my mother when I was 13, a memorial card from my very first spiritual teacher&#8217;s funeral, a clock from my dear friend Marquerite in Holland, NY who taught me about gardening, alternative health and inner strength.&nbsp; It is in this space that my cats cuddle<br \/>on a blanket on a footstool as I write, where music plays sometime softly, sometimes it&#8217;s rockin! depending on my mood and it is here where my soul finds peace.<\/p>\n<p>My cats and I are happiest here, well maybe the kitchen takes the number one spot for them but we snuggle in this room most mornings and evenings.<\/p>\n<p>It is in this room that books are created, lifes&#8217; struggles get resolved and I find solace in connecting with my friends on facebook. <\/p>\n<p>This is my sacred space.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-kSJYPjO4zgY\/UFUCH25j0cI\/AAAAAAAAAEk\/yIL1UB6eR5o\/s1600\/office2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"191\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-kSJYPjO4zgY\/UFUCH25j0cI\/AAAAAAAAAEk\/yIL1UB6eR5o\/s320\/office2.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>Kimberley<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many of us have sacred spaces within our homes? These are spaces that are all our own.&nbsp; A place to retreat with our own thoughts, devoid of others.&nbsp; Where is yours? Your office, your bedroom, the kitchen? For me, this place is my writing office. It is the place I go to share my innermost feelings with a pen and composition notebook every morning.&nbsp; It is the place I go to sit&nbsp;on my cream colored, overstuffed chair with a cup of tea at dusk and watch the setting sun through the luscious, green trees. 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