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9-2-21

Do not fear loneliness, for that is where our most important work can be done.

Observe your thoughts, feel your sadness, talk to your fear, laugh at your anger.

Do not stay tangled up in memories. See that the imagination that brought you

happiness as a child now brings you anxiety, it is your imagination, you can change it.

Find a spot in nature to call your own, and when someone else takes it, move on;

That is how the other animals do it. Detach from your busy-ness, you are so much

More than the things you do. Bring yourself to meditation everyday; what begins as

a single second of peace, will become a life of peace. The most important things in life

We learn from ourselves.

9-5-21

In each day, a new way to learn what we have always known.

Back again.

In an angry world, let me bring a moment of peace to someone.

In a frightened world let me bring a moment of calm to someone.

In a lonely world, let me bring a smile to someone.

In a hungry world, let me bring whatever is needed to someone.

For there is no joy in wanting, our joy is in the giving.

It is what we have always known.

8-24-21

I see the full moon fading in the western sky,

I want it to stay longer, let the sacred night last.

The burning sun will not hesitate.

The absurdity of wanting to control time-

But why not?

Everything is so wonderful, so perfectly now.

I feel inadequate, unable to meet the challenges of the day.

Will the next moment ever stop being so frightening?

The moments will pass – my joy will be silent and everlasting.

8-5-21

Owl of wisdom clever crow, eagle soaring earth below.

Magic morning endless skies, it’s hard to leave behind my lies.

Harder still to believe they are true-

I find the courage I learned from you.

Life abides secret one, silent wonder almost done.

Holding fast the eternal now, in this breath the truth allow.

Love is for all there can be no selection,

Together we create divine reflection.

7-18-21

Today I am learning from a Black Walnut Tree.

I let my heart feel the presence my mind cannot comprehend;

Learning the more still I become – the more love that I send.

7-20-21

I want to live in peace, I want to create, I want to love and be happy.

But I must learn to live with conflict as well.

I must accept my part in the Great Mystery.

I must accept that the things that I say and do are part of the harmony of life.

I am not important but I am necessary.

Everything is, Everyone is, Being and Oneness.

7-22-21

The infinite layers of our universe hold me now.

How can everything in our universe be so different, so alike?

How can everyone?

Creation is ongoing.

The harmony of opposites.

The magic of unity

The glory of oneness.

Just to be present – Just to be.

7-23-21

Today it is the blue sky that touches my heart,

I cry because it is all that I can do,

In the stillness I learn that love is the only reality.

My sorrow is that I am unable to reach anyone.

My greatest peace and my greatest terror are when I am alone.

I seek solitude as if it were a refuge,

And yet I never know if I will find peace or despair.

Let me stay until I must go.

Alone in this world.

Alone.

Let me stay until I must go.

6-14-21

As the sun rises, it calls attention to each tree individually;

How fortunate I am just to be here.

The sun, the trees, the birds, the sky, the moment.

The perfect body of a robin arrives.

We observe each other.

He leaves, less impressed with me than I am of him.

Thank you for that moment, thank you for this moment.

As the material world rushes by, the natural world slowly becomes perfection.

6-22-21

I am afraid of everything, which is kind of nice actually:

Life for me is not an accomplishment, life is an adventure.

6-27-21

That my days may continue

That I be teachable

That my heart be indestructible

That I find my purpose in the little things

That I see the beauty in the things others pass by

That I move slowly in a busy world

That I stay present to all pain

That I be a full body listener

That I judge not as the day proceeds

That I cry as easily as I smile

That I smile as easily as I breathe

That I remain unsure

That I always pick up litter

That my soul be primary

That I be guided by wisdom when helping others

That I never stop seeking the truth

That I learn from those who oppose me

That I also love those I don’t like.

7-4-21

I have enjoyed playing with my anger for about an hour now;

It is time to ‘let it go’.

We let nothing go.

Letting it go means taking it out of your mind and

Putting it in you body;

The harm there will not be less, but it will be hidden better.

OK smile pretty now.

There are no shortcuts to living,

No simple solutions for growth.

Let our days be filled with awareness,

And let us learn to live with the truth of ourselves and others.

Meditation is our road to acceptance, acceptance will take time.

Our struggle is forever, our peace is in this moment.

5-16-21

Tree greening

Mountain gray

Bird preening

Comes the Day.

Sky blueing

Golden sun

Non-doing

All is one.

Colors bright

Harmonize

Dark the night

Star the skies.

My eyes close

Pause to breathe

The heart knows

World at Peace.

5-27-21

As my mind longs for death

My body fights to survive.

What is this madness, again and again.

Is there a purpose to anything?

A moment of beauty,

Believe in something, it’s all I’ve got.

The wind in the trees, it carries eternity

The ancient perfection of uncertainty.

The natural world.

Why do I get angry at people who die before I do?

Is death the only thing that makes life so precious?

A moment of beauty.

I would miss you terribly, I could never leave.

The wind in the trees, it carries eternity.

A moment of beauty, let it carry me.

4-25-21

Of all the thoughts that I can have,

I choose the ones that worry.

Of all the time that I’m allowed,

I think that I must hurry.

I feel I must do a little more,

Just to equal those around me.

The easy going, nonchalant

Really do astound me.

But I am more than just a crazy brain,

I’m a soul that’s learned to fly.

I live my heart, I smile my life, and I never wonder why.

2-25-21

Wisdom cannot be taught.

Wisdom can only be learned.

Our experience is the highest value-

And allowing others theirs.

4-18-21

My friend the crow has stopped by, but he does not stay:

It is his busy time.

Good to see him, good to be seen.

How many times have I not wanted to be seen?

Too often I’m afraid.

I so desperately need to hide, to escape, to disappear.

Today, I am OK to be here.

I don’t know who said it first,

But I find these words helpful.

“Be at peace with this moment, the changes you seek

Will come at their proper time.”

4-8-21

Experiencing strong emotions today,

Rising anger and deep fear.

Anger is always about the past,

And fear is about the future.

The rainy morning is helpful, I find myself alone.

With no distractions, I find my way back: back to this moment.

It is in this moment a worried mind and a troubled heart finds peace.

Grateful today for choices, to return to my own breath.

4-11-21

Growth and decay, Inspiration and emptiness.

When I loose my balance, it is because my view is too small.

All things rise and fall, everything is in rhythm.

My opinions are not needed, I am allowed to observe this short time.

I can make nothing better, not even me.

Today I am alive, and life is eternal.

Tomorrow I will be dead, and death is eternal.

All things come, all things go.

The glorious reality of this.