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Aug 23

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Sky Galleries

“When life feels too big to handle, go outside. Everything looks smaller when you’re standing under the sky.”― L.R. Knost

“I hope you gaze at cloud art galleries
against azure summer skies
and pause to gasp at rainbows
and watch butterflies fly by;
I hope wildflowers make you happy
and sad songs make you cry
and old books stacked in dusty nooks
are gems you can’t pass by;
I hope burnt toast mornings
are little things
you handle with a smile
and midnight talks and starlit walks
keep you up once in awhile;
I hope laundry warm from the dryer
brings a sigh of contentment
and front porch swings on cool evenings
offer rest when you are spent;
I hope your life is light in sorrow
and heavy with laughter
and you greet each season of your life
like a new favorite chapter;
I hope you honor every soul you meet
and always go that extra mile
and when you think of me, my love,
I hope it’s with a smile.”
― L.R. Knost

Hope.
Wonder.
Awe.
Joy.
Gratitude.
Big sky.
Heavy sigh.
Pause to see it.
Settle to let peace in.
Go out and share it with the world.
Naïve, childlike, simple, optimistic.
Yep.
And I’ll take it every time over despair, fear, scarcity, chaos.
Cast light.

“Patience is an inner pause, a brief stillness, a moment we give ourselves to breathe through our initial reaction so we can move to the place where a calm, thoughtful response is born. Patience is a gift of time we give ourselves so we can give the gift of peace to others.”― L.R. Knost

Aug 8

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Duties of the Present

“The duties of each moment are the shadows beneath which hides the divine operation.”― Jean-Pierre de Caussade, Abandonment to Divine Providence

“When you show people a picture of a circle with a small wedge cut out of it, their eyes first go to the missing piece every time. There is so much more to who we were and who we are than just the missing piece.”― Steve Leder, The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift

Beneath the surface.
Above the clouds.
Wide and broad.
Deep and thick.
More than we know.
Beauty without and within.
To witness and partake.
The duties of the present moment.

“The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.” – Rumi

Jul 13

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Showing Up, Tuning In

“And how can we truly know ourselves unless we get still enough to listen to just ourself? Unless we give ourself the time and space to tune in.”― Shayne Traviss, Your Vivid Life

“And such is life, it keeps showing up. However, we get to choose to be victims or victors, and the greatest achievement of all is to know yourself, to have your feet planted in the earth and your hands reaching for the sky, and to do your best to integrate that in everything you do.”― Shayne Traviss, Your Vivid Life

Time
Space
Pause
Beauty
Play
Rest
May you grant these gifts to yourself
To tune in
Root
Enter the flow of life
That is happening all around
And deep within
Life keeps showing up
It’s your turn to show up and partake
Each day.

“The light the dark. The ebb and flow. This is life – there will be sunny days and there will be storms. But the power is in knowing who you are amongst it all and not lingering in any one place, just staying long enough to find your treasure and realizing it’s within you wherever you’re at.”― Shayne Traviss, Your Vivid Life

Jul 3

Teeming and Comprehending

“There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.”― John Cage, Silence: Lectures and Writings

“The world is teeming; anything can happen.”― John Cage, Silence: Lectures and Writings

To see.
To hear.
To imagine.
To delight.
To gaze.
To reflect.
To pause.
The actions that till the soil of gratitude, awareness, joy.
Wake up.
Get to it.

“I wake up grateful, for life is a gift.”― Elizabeth Alexander, The Light of the World

Jun 26

Overflowing and Precious Opportunities

“At some point we must plunge in to discover a greater expanse; yet when this broader horizon does appear, a new depth will open up at our point of entry.”― Edith Stein, Potency and Act

“Daily life provides countless occasions for adapting to change and impermanence. Yet we squander these precious opportunities, assuming that we have all the time in the world.”― Yongey Mingyur, Turning Confusion into Clarity

The “someday when” trap.
Another place.
Different circumstances.
When this person changes.
When this happens.
When I arrive here.
You are here, now.
Nowhere else, so root and anchor in the present.
Certain to change with twists and turns, lulls in between.
The days pass swiftly with age.
Do not miss your life seeking someday, squandering precious opportunities.
Someday is today.
Dive in with enthusiasm, awe and wonder.

“Let your own experience serve as your guide and inspiration. Let yourself enjoy the view as you travel along the path. The view is your own mind, and because your mind is already enlightened, if you take the opportunity to rest awhile along the journey, eventually you’ll realize that the place you want to reach is the place you already are.”― Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, The Joy of Living

Jun 14

Rooted in this Day

“Save all your energies and time for breaking the wall your mind has built around you.”― Nisargadatta Maharaj, I Am That

“Wisdom is knowing I am nothing,
Love is knowing I am everything,
and between the two my life moves.”
― Nisargadatta Maharaj

Gravity and flight.
Grounded in what’s before, not behind or too far ahead.
Lunging into delight of presence.
To see and hear anew.
To walk not race.
Everything you need.
Rooted in this day.

“You will receive everything you need when you stop asking for what you do not need”― Nisargadatta Maharaj

Jun 11

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No Waiting, Begin

“Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it’s no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.”― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

“It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.”― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

God puts people, beauty, awe in our path. Still small voice. Gentle guidance. It’s our job, our call, to be present for it, accept the gifts, blessings and abundance of now. In whatever form is comes. Ever-present and available. Detours, delays, twists, turns, reroutes, the actual path. Stop looking back or too far ahead. Start living right where you are on this day. On purpose.

“Being human is not about being any one particular way; it is about being as life creates you—with your own particular strengths and weaknesses, gifts and challenges, quirks and oddities.”― Kristin Neff, Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

Jun 5

Comma, Semi-Colon, Period.

“I see heaven’s glories shine and faith shines equal.” – Emily Bronte

“You are on a soulful path that asks you to step into the greatest version of yourself. It is a sacred gift to shine your brightest light, not just in your moments of glory, but each day.” Debbie Ford

Put commas, semi-colons and periods throughout the day.
In the rush and the hurry, pause, still, stop.
Look up and around.
Color ablaze.
Blue sky abound.
Good soil, time, harvest.
Amidst the doing, witness the becoming.
In the pause, still, stop.
The blooming, almost out of nowhere.

“The farmer has patience and trusts the process. He just has the faith and deep understanding that through his daily efforts, the harvest will come. And then one day, almost out of nowhere, it does.”― Robin Sharma

May 31

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Shimmer

“Poetry calls us to pause. There is so much we overlook, while the abundance around us continues to shimmer, on its own.”― Naomi Shihab Nye

“There’s a way not to be broken
that takes brokenness to find it.”― Naomi Shihab Nye

What lies beneath and before me.
This day.
To see it.
To not overlook.
To be here with full attention.
Eyes, arms, heart wide open.
Enthusiasm. Gratitude. Delight.
Our daily work.
Poetry in motion.
Abundance shimmering.
Yield for joy.
Pause for awe.
Steep in wonder.
Look up.
Dive in.

“Maybe if we re-invent whatever our lives give us we find poems.”― Naomi Shihab Nye, Red Suitcase

May 4

Fresh Tides

“Your impermanence is a thing you should meditate on every day: There is nothing more sobering, nor scary, nor a faster-way-to-cut-the-negative-bullshit than to remember that you do not have forever. What defines your life, when it’s all said and done, is how much you influence other people’s lives, oftentimes just through your daily interactions and the courage with which you live your own. That’s what people remember. That’s what you will be known for when you’re no longer around to define yourself.”― Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

“This is what one thirsts for, I realize, after the smallness of the day, of work, of details, of intimacy – even of communication, one thirsts for the magnitude and universality of a night full of stars, pouring into one like a fresh tide.”― Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea

Make music from disparate notes.
Pause to awe, wonder, presence.
Starting right in this very place.
Not delaying for the illusive and false “someday when.”
When circumstances change, when others change, when, when, when.
Moving through, shedding, releasing, integrating to move forward, move on.
Cutting new trails, beginner’s mindset, childlike optimism and possibility.
To pick up new, unfolding, abundance, ease, joy, magnitude, fullness, delight woven in each day.
The armor of light.
Riding the waves of a fresh tides.

“It is well with my soul.”― Horatio G. Spafford

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