This poem arrived as I listened to birds sing outside my window in the morning and wondered what it would be like to be a crooner among them. It is also part of an ongoing theme: what happens if I strip away my old story (for whatever is up in my life)? What if I I could “give up the quest for another world and simply say, ‘I am here'.’” I listened to the birds sing and wondered: What if I did one thing as if it was everything?
Read MoreThis poem celebrates those times when we enter into a magical relationship with life, riding the wave of the day, as if favored by the angels. How would you describe the experience of flow in your life?
Read MoreI practice setting my intent for the day in writing each morning. I wrote this simple poem, This Is The Day, as my Daily Intent for Sunday, November 13, 2016. Given what you know is on your calendar, what kind of day would you like today? How would you like to be, think, feel at the end of this day?
Read MoreThis poem is a slight modification of my morning daily intent, written on Sunday, May 15, 2016. The reference to Lewis Carrol's classic, Alice In Wonderland, appeared to me because I was scheduled to attend a modernized stage play version later that day at B Street Theater in Sacramento. The poem raises the question: What if your life were your swan song and every act was your final performance?
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