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"May I be the tiniest nail in the house of the universe, tiny buy useful. May I stay forever in the stream."~ Mary Oliver, Upstream Grandiose ideas.Dreams of fame.Mixed motivations outing the carefully concealed conflicts of our humanity. There just may be some space in every human soul for delusions of grandeur, for jumps and... Continue Reading →
'"In a dark time the eye begins to see.' And this is the paradox: that black is white, that darkness is the mother of beauty, that the extinction of light is a revelation."~ Chet Raymo, The Soul of the Night Without darkness, there is no light. Without depths, heights are not heights. Without suffering, love... Continue Reading →
"The very act of resolving to love, no matter what our emotional state, is the crucible and school of love."~ Monks of New Skete, In the Spirit of Happiness" For all of us, there are days when there is no motivation to further ourselves. No drive to dig deeper. No ability to concentrate on the... Continue Reading →
“With each day, we have this choice: we can build walls, block ourselves from the light, and suffer a dampness in the soul. Or we can live barely, shine on through, and suffer the nicks of erosion for living in the open.” ~ Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening Don't get hung up on the... Continue Reading →
"Breathing in, I know I am breathing in.Breathing out, I smile.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus Such simple instructions, so hard to follow. The bar, I would like to remind you, need not be so high. In meditation, certainly, but it's never just about meditation... Click here for just a few things... Continue Reading →
Jeff Rennicke, The Conserve Kid’s English teacher back when COVID closed down the school and the world, is in Alaska, as he is wont to be. He wrote this on Wednesday: "It is fitting, I suppose: a thick fog blanketing the Alaskan mountainsides where I have come seeking solace after such a difficult and divisive... Continue Reading →
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