I always thought that
GROWING
was automatic…
but it turns out
it’s something
we have to
DECIDE
to do.
–Bill Laurence
You Can Lead a Horse to Water…
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I Believe in You
July 15, 2021You can do it. You can face it. You can hit rock bottom All by your lonesome. Not because you’re strong enough. No one is.Continue Reading
Don’t shun the deal
June 15, 2021You are being given the choice In every moment of your life To receive Grace Raining like Inexhaustible Rose petals Cascading endlessly Over your entireContinue Reading
I can only reward the Divine Light in you
May 1, 2021Please don’t ask me To prop you up To call the Light of others That you hide behind And display as your own As YOURSContinue Reading
Investing in space
April 24, 2021We built the walls But now we are learning To embrace the space The emptiness The peaceful Freedom from hurry From thinking From making plansContinue Reading
Everything is Beautiful
April 21, 2021Talking with friends lately, I hear a lot of grief… a lot of suffering. One cried for all the dying children, another for abandoned animals…Continue Reading
Feeding my pain
April 17, 2021It was I Who fed you All these years I kept you alive You were the center The constant The polestar But I have noContinue Reading
Losing Your Skin
April 16, 2021For a long time, we treat our bodies as if they’re who we are. We love their shape, their color, their softness. We feed themContinue Reading
Until I say no
April 15, 2021Until I say no I will be enraptured Distracted Yanked at by A world full of Gimmicks and ploys Vying for my attention Until IContinue Reading
Whose life is it?
April 14, 2021Your life isn’t yours Until you take it back Until you sit in it Wear it Let it flow Let it sing inside you LetContinue Reading
When you find it, don’t let go
April 13, 2021Nothing knows Nothing. Somethings always get in the way. Sitting in The Nothing Is something only Nothing and Nobody can do. And the more youContinue Reading
Don’t have to unite what hasn’t been separated
April 10, 2021You did it You were the one Who separated the world Into pieces Into colors People Races Countries Good and bad OK, Sure… School ParentsContinue Reading
My Olive Tree Teacher
April 8, 2021A talented gardener friend showed me how to prune an olive tree last year. And it was amazing. You see, gardeners see trees differently fromContinue Reading
Relaxing is Hard Work!
April 5, 2021Patience Trust Stillness Calm Are the Hardest Things You’ll Ever Have To Learn … Especially In The Heat Of The Moment … Until You DiscoverContinue Reading
What if “facts” are merely opinions?
April 3, 2021We ask the mind to comfort us, and it does so by repeatedly affirming to us what it thinks of as facts. We inherit thisContinue Reading
You Get What You Need
April 2, 2021Don’t grab at the world Don’t let your ego Lift a single finger Don’t believe it when it Tells you it knows What you “need”Continue Reading
Pain, if not called suffering
April 1, 2021Pain, if not called Suffering If not labeled Wrong Unfair Unnecessary If just allowed Doesn’t hurt Doesn’t distract It’s just A teacher A readjustment AContinue Reading
You have my full attention
March 30, 2021Ready for my mission Not getting distracted by What didn’t come Who didn’t call Who left me out in the cold No more regrets ImaginedContinue Reading
We won’t get fooled again!
March 30, 2021We’re all aware that there are people who try to manipulate us… for their own ends. They may be our government, our boss, our spouse,Continue Reading
What Magic!
March 29, 2021Lately, my brain has been getting super-excited by simply watching the wave reflections on the wall, right above the swimming pool, here at the Y.Continue Reading
You’re in Stealth Mode
March 27, 2021You are silence, immoveable stillness. You are forever in stealth mode, hiding in the interspaces between things and thoughts. You are before words. Before concepts.Continue Reading
Joy Biscuits 