HEARTH
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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. ...
DRAGONFLY – transcendent beauty
Transcendent beauty exists within everyday life.
Grandmother’s Love
And yet one word frees us from all the weight and pain in life: That word is love. Sophocles Trans. by Robert Fitzgerald I noticed a small rip in the flowery blue fabric. This caused me to look a little more closely at the quilt that I had had for about three...
RIVER – eternal presence
losing its name a river enters the sea John Sandbach I stared out of the window of the train in anticipation of the first glimmers of morning light. Along with most of the train’s passengers, I boarded in the heart of Manhattan pre-dawn and was headed to one of the...
EARTH – divine home
You are the sky and the ground. You alone the day, the night air. You are the meal that’s being brought, the flowers and their watering. You are all this. Lalla Translated by Coleman Barks The road stretched across the flat landscape like a taunt ribbon. The...
