Through meditation, we practice resurrection in every moment. This is the practice of living in the everyday. We must not lose ourselves in the past or in the future. The only moment in which we are alive, in which we may touch life, is the present moment, the here and now. Thich Nhat Hanh Meditation […]
Extra time at home.Time for those resolutions?Maybe tomorrow.
From “The Faces at Braga” by David Whyte If only we knewas the carver knew, how the flawsin the wood led his searching chisel to the very core, we would smile tooand not need faces immobilizedby fear and the weight of things undone. When we fight with our failingwe ignore the entrance to the shrine […]
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. T. S. Eliot I’ve been fortunate to be able to travel and explore the world. There’s so much fun in it! New sights, new smells, new tastes. […]
“… It’s hard to remember, it’s hard to remember, we’re alive for the first time. It’s hard to remember, it’s hard to remember, we’re alive for the last time. It’s hard to remember, it’s hard to remember, to live before you die. It’s hard to remember, it’s hard to remember, that our lives are such […]
One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice — though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. “Mend my life!” each voice cried. But you didn’t stop. You knew what you had to […]
The Summer Day Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and […]
Who knew? As babies, all we can do is take baby steps. As we get older, some of us believe that the long strides and great leaps over massive hurdles are what makes up our lives. Others of us accept our fate and dwell on the conditions we’ve found ourselves in. “It is our choices […]
Sing it, sister! I’ve been inspired hearing these words performed by singer-songwriter Dawn Mitschele in her song “Something New“. What about all the little things? What about all the plans? What about them? What about what you should do? What about what you’re used to? What about it? Well you know there’s gotta be something […]
Big money. Right there, in BIG LETTERS. MAKE BIG MONEY. Maybe inside are the words – “your results may vary” – so they’ll have a shred of truth in advertising. Somehow I doubt it. I’m grateful that I’ve been able to support many poets whose words have touched me. I’ve bought their books. I’ve shared […]
