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July 2022

July 11, 2022
That the Universe comes through your heart is like the sun passing light through the...
July 03, 2022
The homeless man with no legs crawls on his dolly like a snail while the...

June 2022

June 27, 2022
The mind moves like a pencil. The heart moves like a brush.   While the...
June 20, 2022
In the life before tears, there are endless plans and we avoid the difficult feelings...
June 13, 2022
I will never forget your care, how you stared into me the way a painter...
June 06, 2022
The being in us flies like a hawk. It knows nothing of the ground. But...

May 2022

May 30, 2022
My hips burn as I climb the path, using roots as steps, but the view...
May 23, 2022
Buddha said the origin of light came from within. The implication is that there is...
May 16, 2022
It is the simplest of paradoxes: You can’t see what you are in.   As...
May 09, 2022
So many thought Monet was making it up, imagining wildly how things might be if...
May 02, 2022
When a horse runs, it leaps and touches down by turns.   In just this...

April 2022

April 25, 2022
The Japanese monk, Ryokan, returned to his hut in the moon- light to find a...
April 18, 2022
The story of Moses carries an archetype that we all must face and live with....
April 11, 2022
As soon as we can walk, we are taught to run. In time, we think...
April 04, 2022
On the darkest night of the year, Susan asks about Grandma Minnie yet again. And...

March 2022

March 28, 2022
Yes, you fell down. I feel for you, for I have fallen many times.  ...
March 21, 2022
After almost two years at home, I was overwhelmed just ordering the Uber to the...
March 14, 2022
You ask for a story instead of a present and I’ve fallen into remembering the...
March 07, 2022
Can you drink from the Lake of Being you came from before you were named?...

February 2022

February 28, 2022
I don’t support the notion that some people are awake and others are not. Everyone...
February 21, 2022
Belief, when experienced as a teacher without a name, enables us to enliven a kinship...
February 14, 2022
Given that I almost died from cancer, I have had several attribute my survival to...
February 07, 2022
When we fell into the stream of days, my eyes were cleansed, your ears worn...

January 2022

January 30, 2022
We discover metaphors by surrendering our attention, by staying in honest conversation, and by listening...
January 24, 2022
Now that I’ve come out of hiding, my fears are forgetting to be afraid.  ...
January 17, 2022
The temple hanging over the water is anchored on pillars that nameless workers placed in...
January 09, 2022
Throughout history, those afraid of the life of feelings have undermined their power and dismissed...
January 03, 2022
When the jar fell off the counter and broke, our dog went to lick up...

December 2021

December 27, 2021
When finding my way, I came home from college to have a classic argument with...
December 20, 2021
Even if it takes years, it is important to heal the wounded places, so we...
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