HEARTH
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RIVERS – eternal messengers
losing its name a river enters the sea John Sandbach Rivers talk. Even though humans have built grand and quaint bridges and have constructed dams, the rivers continue to tell the story of life. They fluently converse with the mountains and marshlands, and many...
NATURE – expressions of light
It is there that our hearts are set, In the expanse of the heavens. Pawnee Wisdom Translated by Frances Densmore Large shadows covered the pathway along the road. I felt as though I was walking through a tapestry of grayness. The long, slate-colored shapes...
GEESE – living lightly
If you want money more than anything, you’ll be bought and sold. If you have a greed for food, you’ll be a loaf of bread. This is a subtle truth: whatever you love, you are. Rumi Translated by Coleman Barks It seemed odd that a gaggle of wild Canadian geese was...
CATERPILLAR – light touch
Imagine this caterpillar transforming into a winged being.
GEESE – expressions of infinity
Drumsound rises on the air, its throb, my heart. A voice inside the beat says, “I know you’re tired, but come. This is the way.” Rumi Translated by Coleman Barks It was a still morning, with a few ripples in the wide expanse of the nearby waters. On the far horizon...
TRAIL – inspiring prints
Each hoof-print was clear and even.
LOVING NATURE
Life is not a commodity to be earned or bartered.
SPIDER – Creating Graciousness
Many cultures have revered the spider for modeling timeless qualities such as patience.
AGLOW
Lit up by the Light.
MORNING CALM
Life’s secrets are hidden within ordinary moments.
LIFE STREAM
It was simply awareness abiding in itself.
LOVE – hidden within the gray
But love of God hath so absorbed me that neither love nor hate of any other thing remains in my heart. Rābiʻa Yesterday was a foggy summer morning. The air had taken on form and texture. Like a freshly painted canvas, it was heavy and wet with soft, silvery hues. ...