Two Pieces - If Only and Fireflies
If Only If Only, I don’t have regrets but I know a missed opportunity when I see one. If only I had taken off the
True Self
As difficult as threading a needle riding bareback on a bucking horse, is the study of the true owner of my observations. Who does the watching of the
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Grateful Rememberings
I am struck by the enormity of the love I have received and only know its breadth and depth by the chasm that lies empty now.
I Went to the Rock
The crack of thunder, a frenzied dance of branches, safe inside a broken heart. Unsettled, nothing is as it was. Not that the past was a
Saturday Morning
I have to laugh! I spent the good part of the first hour of my day thinking about getting out of bed before doing so. The
A Mind Aligned
Samādhi I: Tending Gardens Centered on the middle way, wobbling in tree pose, hands at heart center, the noise ebbs as the quiet mind sets an
Celebrating Earth and Your Day
And so, my love, it is your birthday, not that we began your celebrations that day. We often started on the first of April, sometimes before
The Noble Eightfold Path - Taking it Off of the Cushion
The Path Pause to Be Present is a wonderful organization that brings like-minded people together in community — to listen, sit in meditation, and expand and
A Glimpse of Tupelo Honey
It doesn't take much, a random thought, the first notes of a Van Morrison song, or a thousand others, each tied to images, to
After A Life Well Lived
The face now etched from a thousand smiles, the lines on brow from eyebrows raised in wonder. The sharp pains that jab on my right side
Spilled Wine To Remember
This morning holds more than memories; they are imprints etched into the very fabric of my soul, kept safely in the chambers of my heart. This
Walk on the Beach
Against the bluest sky I shield my eyes from the sun to see the gulls drop oysters from above, letting gravity do the work of cracking