Today is my annual fasting day in honor of the great Saint Anthony of the Desert. He is considered the first monastic as he retreated from life into solitude. He showed the way for all to follow into retreat and abstinence from comfort for deep communion with truth, guidance and healing.
He is not to be taken lightly, nor is fasting. I approach the day with reverence and gratitude for having learned about the many great ones who have preceded us and offered their lives as way show-ers. Fortunately, I have the day off this year which feels like a gift to slow down into my personal modern approach to retreat in the midst of the city, in the middle of winter, right where I live and serve.
Do you need a retreat? Can you let yourself commune with Guidance right where you are? Ki to Happiness honors those who have shown us a way.