Surrender
I was wanting to write a post about being happy, joyful or even something about some good thing in life, however, at the moment I cannot bring myself to do it, to even feel it. If I were to attempt to...
View ArticleFalling
Sky Circles The way of love is not a subtle argument. The door there is devastation Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn that? They fall, and falling, they’re given wings....
View ArticleDear God
My soul has grown weary of this life of mine. Darkness surrounds me and I cannot see or feel the light. I am in the pit. I am in the pit of despair of which I seem unable to drag myself out of. I am...
View ArticleSmile
What does it say about someone that when you see them you cannot help but smile? It isn’t that you are consciously thinking about it, the smile just escapes from you when you see them. The response is...
View ArticleNow is the Time
Now is the time to know That all that you do is sacred. Now, why not consider A lasting truce with yourself and God. Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a...
View ArticleLonely
“Are you lonely?” these are the words that filter down and find their way to me as I am sitting on a bench meditating. I’m not sure the words are meant for me so I release them and let them go. Yet...
View ArticleLost
I went to one my favorite places to do some hiking and thinking. It had been awhile since I had been on this hiking trail, the Flume Trail and I have never been on it alone so I was very much looking...
View ArticleMighty Oak Tree
I was praying today and these were the thoughts that came to me. Wouldn’t it be great if we could be like the mighty oak? What wonderful and powerful lessons there are in this tree. The mighty oak is...
View ArticleAccomplishment
A friend introduced me to kayaking about a year ago. I loved it and still do. I don’t get into all the crazy afraid for your life white water kayaking or anything. At the moment, I prefer the calm...
View ArticleDearly Loved
This is a song by Jimmy Needham. My youngest daughter heard it and then shared it with me. I thought it was a beautiful song and a good reminder that we are dearly loved and we are awesome! Don’t ever...
View ArticleKnowing
I love walking. I sometimes don’t get out as much as I need to and when that happens there is an urge to get out and commune with nature. I have been missing a connection that I very much need....
View ArticleBirdwings
Your grief for what you’ve lost lifts a mirror up to where you’re bravely working. Expecting the worst, you look, and instead, here’s the joyful face you’ve been wanting to see. Your hand opens and...
View ArticleDrops of Jupiter
I love, love, love this song! One must really listen to the words to be moved by it. I find it interesting that the lead singer who wrote the song, wrote it after his mom died and he said the first...
View ArticleThe Dance of the Soul
I have loved in life and I have been loved. I have drunk the bowl of poison from the hands of love as nectar, and have been raised above life’s joy and sorrow. My heart, aflame in love, set afire...
View ArticleYour Mother and My Mother
Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living In better conditions, For your mother and my mother Were friends. I know the Innkeeper In this part of the universe. Get some...
View ArticleMy Mother Called Today
My mother called today. Calls between us these days are rather rare. We used to touch base quite regularly and over time that has changed. I’m not sure why. Life gets busy I guess. Even with this...
View ArticleCourage and the Dreaming Tree
We all have a dreaming tree that speaks to us. Sometimes it is challenging to hear and takes courage to still oneself long enough to hear it calling to us, beckoning us to it. Courage. It is a word...
View ArticleThe God Who Only Knows Four Words
Every Child Has Known God, Not the God of names, Not the God of don’ts, Not the God who ever does Anything weird, But the God who only knows four words And keeps repeating them, saying: “Come dance...
View ArticleUnending Love
I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times… In life after life, in age after age, forever. My spellbound heart has made and remade the necklace of songs, That you take as a gift,...
View ArticleThe Well
I went to The Well today. The funny thing is I wasn’t even sure why I went. Really, I feel like I have been walking around in a haze and on some level not exactly knowing it. Kind of like I have been...
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