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"Love doesn't just disappear. It is like light. It keeps traveling."~ Matt Haig, The Life Impossible My bracelet broke last night. It was one of those cheap silicone jobbies, on the surface nothing really. But I'd had that bracelet firmly attached to my wrist for 13 years. That's more than half of the time that... Continue Reading →
Some Herons A blue preacherflew toward the swamp,in slow motion. On the leafy banks,an old Chinese poet,hunched in the white gown of his wings, was waiting.The waterwas the kind of dark silk that has silver linesshot through itwhen it is touched by the wind or is splashed upward,in a small, quick flower,by the life beneath... Continue Reading →
I’ve been thinking a lot about conflict recently. This is, we all know, a pretty timely topic on, well, every scale. I kinda doubt I'm the only one staring down this steely barrel. We all have our own unique ways of dealing with, or responding, to the inevitable head-butts of life. I am even given... Continue Reading →
"they say nobody is coming to save you,but many people have saved me,even if they didn't intend to. it can be as small as a smile from a stranger,a nudge from animal, words from a writer,the lyrics to a song, an observant friend. we are all saving each other every single day,in tiny seemingly insignificant... Continue Reading →
"This being human is a guest houseEvery morning a new arrival...Be grateful for whoever comes,because each has been sentas a guide from beyond."~ Rumi, The Guest House "Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."~ Hebrews 13:2 Strangers. Guests.Angels. All the same, and the list isn't yet complete.... Continue Reading →
"The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better."~ Richard Rohr In days like these, when the whole country has gone mad, all that is left is to hunker down and do the good. Reach out. Reach out to those you love. Reach out to those you don't yet know. See no... Continue Reading →
“No one knew the name of this day;Born quietly from deepest night,It hid its face in light,Demanded nothing for itself,Opened out to offer each of usA field of brightness that traveled ahead,Providing in time, ground to hold our footstepsAnd the light of thought to show the way. The mind of the day draws no attention;It... Continue Reading →
“The Buddha’s Last Instruction ‘Make of yourself a light,’said the Buddha,before he died.I think of this every morningas the east beginsto tear off its many cloudsof darkness, to send up the firstsignal–a white fanstreaked with pink and violet,even green.An old man, he lay downbetween two sala trees,and he might have said anything,knowing it was his... Continue Reading →
“Revered sages**… mine the jewels concealed in the shadows of the human condition and lift them to the light. We respond to these masters because of the mastery imprinted in our own souls. We recognize the magic in them because it mirrors the magic in us. They remind us not only who we could be,... Continue Reading →
“… human societies are infinitely… complex, full of choices and mistakes, periods of glory and seasons of utter despair. Some of us make highly visible, elaborate contributions to the whole. Some of us are part of the ticking mechanics of the world, the incremental wealth of small gestures. All of it matters. All of it... Continue Reading →
“Compassion, sweet compassion, is the never-ending story of how we embrace each other and forgive ourselves for not accepting our beautifully particular place in the fabric of all there is.” ~ Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening “In your heart may there be a sanctuaryFor the stillness where clarity is bornMay your work be infused... Continue Reading →
“On a summer morningI sat downon a hillsideto think about God– a worthy pastime.Near me, I sawa single cricket;it was moving the grains of the hillside this way and that way.How great was its energy,how humble its effort.Let us hope it will always be like this,each of us going onin our inexplicable waysbuilding the universe.”... Continue Reading →
Tales From the Nexus 