“The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother’s milk. Darkness will make you strong.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
An enormous privilege and adventure
“I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; … Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been […]
Ancient, timely wisdom
When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son. -The Talmud
Wisdom: Loosen the fixed gaze of our attention
Sleep in Summer by Kerry Hardie Light wakes us – there’s the sun climbing the mountains’ rim, spilling across the valley, finding our faces. It is July, between the hay and harvest, a time at arm’s length from all other time, the roads ragged with meadowsweet and mallow, with splays of seedheads, slubbed and course, […]
Keep the Channel Open
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will […]
More than half the tree is spread out in the soil under your feet…
The Seven Of Pentacles Under a sky the color of pea soup she is looking at her work growing away there actively, thickly like grapevines or pole beans as things grow in the real world, slowly enough. If you tend them properly, if you mulch, if you water, if you provide birds that eat insects […]
What’s in our way?
“The process is not a matter of overcoming our true nature, but rather of removing obstacles so that the authentic self can shine.” from Reiki: A Comprehensive Guide” by Pamela Miles
Are you paying attention?
The first question of yoga is, “are you paying attention?” The second question of yoga is, “are you paying attention from your heart? Yoga is Awakening. Centering yourself in the Universe. Anything else is a bonus. Without, it’s just exercise. — Arthur Kilmurray
Tell it slant
Tell all the truth but tell it slant — Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth’s superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind — – Emily Dickinson
Mary Oliver’s word choice
“You can have the other words – chance, luck, coincidence, serendipity. I’ll take grace. I don’t know what it is exactly, but I’ll take it.” Mary Oliver
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