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Oct 5

To Stay Alive

“Like a flower, feel yourself rise above and begin to open.”― A.D. Posey

“Like a flower, feel yourself rise above and begin to open.”― A.D. Posey

“…You should stay alive
As often as possible and keep yourself open
to anything out of place and everything
with nowhere else to go, to carry what’s left
of your voice out and beyond, into, over,
and under, past, within, outside, between,
among, across, along, and up and around
and to be beside yourself when the spirit moves you…”
― David Wagoner, After the Point of No Return

Widen your view
Crack the window
Open the door
Cross the threshold
Big, beautiful world
Open for business
Of awe, wonder, delight
Stay alive
Curiosity, Inquiry, Discovery

“The world is always open,
Waiting to be discovered.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

Aug 17

Dancing with Daffodils

“Wisdom is oft-times nearer when we stoop
Than when we soar.”― William Wordsworth, The Excursion 1814

“I wandered lonely as a clouds. That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed–and gazed–but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.”
― William Wordsworth, I Wander’d Lonely as a Cloud

Floating
Hovering
Rest
Reflection
Joy in presence
Attention rooted in this day alone
Dancing with daffodils.

“Rest and be thankful.”― William Wordsworth

Aug 16

Light, Color, Beauty of Things

“Nature never did betray
The heart that loved her.”― William Wordsworth

“Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher.”― William Wordsworth

Get out of your head
Into nature
Curiosity
Inquiry
Reflection
Being rather than doing
Nowhere to be but here
Fully present in the present
Into the light, color and beauty of things.

“Habit rules the unreflecting herd.”― William Wordsworth

Aug 13

Hovering

“Plants do not speak, but their silence is alive with change.”― May Sarton, Plant Dreaming Deep

“Slowly slowly O mind…
Everything in own pace happens,
Gardner may water a hundred buckets…
Fruit arrives only in its season.”― Kabir

Savor and slow
Partake and witness
Summer’s work is rest, play
Still here, do not miss it looking too far ahead
Harvest all of the colors
Deep breath
Hover and delight

“Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August.” – Denise Levertov

Jul 6

Far More Wonderful

“the sunflowers themselves far more wonderful than any words about them.”― Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays

“The subjects that stir the heart are not so many, after all, and they do not change.”― Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook

To see beauty, drink it in
Before us, each day
Front and center
Awaiting our attention, tending
Pause in awe
Distracted with wonder
Delayed with joy
Overflowing with gratitude
Leap into it, both feet.

“to leap into it and hold on, connecting everything,”― Mary Oliver, House of Light

Jun 1

Days of Pink Lemonade

“Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.” – Al Bernstein

“In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.”― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

Colors ablaze.
Flowers exploding.
June enters big and bright.
Take a long pause.
Sit down.
Enjoy the show.
Days of pink lemonade.

“Imagination is the eye of the soul.”― Joseph Joubert

May 5

Shout of Joy!

“Inside everyone is a great shout of joy waiting to be born.”― David Whyte, River Flow: New & Selected Poems

Everything is Waiting for You by David Whyte

“Your great mistake is to act the drama
as if you were alone. As if life
were a progressive and cunning crime
with no witness to the tiny hidden
transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny
the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely,
even you, at times, have felt the grand array;
the swelling presence, and the chorus, crowding
out your solo voice. You must note
the way the soap dish enables you,
or the window latch grants you freedom.
Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.
The stairs are your mentor of things
to come, the doors have always been there
to frighten you and invite you,
and the tiny speaker in the phone
is your dream-ladder to divinity.

Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the
conversation. The kettle is singing
even as it pours you a drink, the cooking pots
have left their arrogant aloofness and
seen the good in you at last. All the birds
and creatures of the world are unutterably
themselves. Everything is waiting for you.” – David Whyte

Poetry of presence, beginnings, spring bloom
Everything is waiting for you to notice
Coming alive
Bursting with color
Dance with wonder, awe and beauty
Woven through this very day

“Colors are the smiles of nature.” – Leigh Hunt

May 4

Golden Month, Moments Too

“Mornings in May, echoed with the call of cuckoos, sunlight glowed through fresh green canopies of trees.”― Meeta Ahluwalia

“Mornings in May,
echoed with the call of cuckoos,
sunlight glowed through fresh green canopies of trees.”― Meeta Ahluwalia

“At last came the golden month of the wild folk– honey-sweet May, when the birds come back, and the flowers come out, and the air is full of the sunrise scents and songs of the dawning year.”― Samuel Scoville Jr., Wild Folk

To never grow tired of flowers abloom
In awe of blue skies abound
In gratitude for sunrises and sunsets and the in-betweens
Spring unfolding, slow, brilliant, dazzling
Outside and mostly within
To begin again, be made new
In all seasons, in each day, the gift of springs.

“But why should the daffodils and tulips
Get all the praise and blessings?
My rebirth goes unnoticed- I am worthy
Of smiles and dazzled cries of worship.”
― Lea Malot, Coffins & Rhinestones

May 2

A Coat of Joy

“Joy is the best makeup.”― Anne Lamott

“Joy is the best makeup.”― Anne Lamott

“Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down.” – Anne Lamott

Turtle slow
To see beauty at your feet
To breath in fresh spring air
To witness the earth being born again, cloaked in color
Pause, rest and laughter to transform ordinary days
Into peace rooted, gratitude deepened and joy dancing the polka.

“Peace is joy at rest. Joy is peace on its feet.” – Anne Lamott

Apr 21

Filled and Overflowing

“You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life.”― Jane Hirshfield, The Lives of the Heart

“Empty and filled,
like the curling half-light of morning,
in which everything is still possible and so why not.

Filled and empty,
like the curling half-light of evening,
in which everything now is finished and so why not.

Beloved, what can be, what was,
will be taken from us.
I have disappointed.
I am sorry. I knew no better.

A root seeks water.
Tenderness only breaks open the earth.
This morning, out the window,
the deer stood like a blessing, then vanished.”― Jane Hirshfield

New beginnings
Fresh starts
Emptied to filled, overflowing
Hope, joy, delight
Color, fragrance, beauty
Borne of winter spilling fully into spring
Tenderness breaking open and through
New beginnings

“One breath taken completely; one poem, fully written, fully read – in such a moment, anything can happen.”― Jane Hirshfield, Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry

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