Last night, here in America, we gave an hour to the night, our clocks leaping ahead for daylight savings time. It is an intriguing event for an entire culture to alter the clock by convention. We lose an hour to this one night in order to "save time" for a half year. Does it make sense to you?
Read MoreBe thankful when you have occasion to come across one of the deeper truths in life. But remember that deep truths will often hold their tongue until they know they can trust you.
Read MoreExquisite attention is a state of wonder, a kind of eagerness to be in the world, that you see in children. For most adults, stepping into the world with open arms and eager anticipation, but without narrowing life into patterned expectations, is a lost art. What if you could reclaim your childhood love of life and wonder in the world?
Read MoreI have a practice of setting my intent for the day casting myself to how I might like to feel, be, or think in the evening before going to sleep. Today, I woke up anxious before a day when too many things came due at once and here's the intent that served as my savings grace....
Read MoreWord the World in a way that brings you to life and life to you!
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In our everyday encounters with others, whether strangers, acquaintances, friends, or family, we carry on two conversations: one is the everyday talk at the surface; the other is the a deeper sould-to-soul conversation. What mght we besaying to each other onthat deeper level?
I wrote the poem A Day Like Any Other while sitting on my patio in the early monring, listening to the birds. To me they seem to sing with such joy and wonder, as if to say “This is another day, another day like no other.”
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The pandemic has forced many of us to short our attention away from the outer world and thrust into our own inner world. The concepts of achievement and success that drive us in the outer world do not apply in the inner world. This leaves many of us lost, confused, and frightened. Now the we are reduced to the essentials, we have a chance to re-imagine our relationship with ourselves, with life, and therefore, with the world. In other words, it has stripped away some of what came between us and life. What brings you closer to life?
For me, Easter is not a question of faith. It is the acknowledgment of the awakened spirit, a kind of rising up to animate, or re-animate, the inert body, or to restore spirit to the inertia of one's life. And in this time of isolation, sheltered in our homes, we have a chance to re-animate our ives and the world in which we live. What new spirit do you wish to bring to life?
The pandemic calls us to turn inward, to look inside ourselves, to return to the heart and ask ourselves: what is essential in our lives? What do you think the virus is calling you to do?
