I’ve been thinking recently about doors, opened and closed and the thresholds that I pass through so many times without any thought or intention. Thresholds are important signs of passage. I could do well to practice a bit more reverence for these passages in each one of my day.
Will you join me?

Here are three steps to bring more attention to our passing over thresholds:

• Count the physical thresholds you cross during the day. Notice how many times you have to move from one type of place to another.
• Consciously step over a threshold. Start with the same foot each time. This simple practice will bring your attention to where and who you are in the present. It can also help bring you into the Presence.
• Pause at the threshold. You may want to bow or say a short prayer. Use the pause to focus on your intention for the next moments. This is an especially valuable practice when you are entering a place of prayer.

Blessing the Threshold by Jan Richardson

This blessing has been waiting for you for a long time.
While you have been making your way here
this blessing has been gathering itself
making ready biding its time praying.
This blessing has been polishing the door oiling the hinges
sweeping the steps lighting candles in the windows.
This blessing has been setting the table
as it hums a tune from an old song it knows,
something about a spiraling road and bread and grace.
All this time it has kept an eye on the horizon,
watching, keeping vigil, hardly aware of how
it was leaning itself in your direction.
And now that you are here this blessing
can hardly believe its good fortune
that you have finally arrived,
that it can drop everything
at last to fling its arms wide to you,
crying welcome welcome welcome.

May your crossings of all kinds be filled with good intention, love and the Holy all around.

Michelle