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Jul 1

Lavishly Scattered

“There is poetry among the wildflowers.”― Rachel Irene Stevenson

“How lavishly are the flowers scattered over the face of the earth! One of the most perfect and delightful works of the Creation, there is yet no other form of beauty so very common. Abounding in different climates, upon varying soils -not a few here to cheer the sad, a few there to reward the good but countless in their throngs, infinite in their variety, the gift of measureless beneficence wherever man may live, there grow the flowers.”― Susan Fenimore Cooper

The daily call of noticing
Practice of wonder
Rigor of reverence
Discipline of awe
All the beauty lavishly scattered
At our feet, in, on, throughout this very day
Sacred ground
Common, ordinary hours
Alive and flourishing
Pay attention
Linger and loaf
Soft heart
Open arms
Awake and aware
Poetry and prose
Lens of love

“But to live is to be conscious. To walk through a field of flowers and stop to feel the softness of each petal, to inhale the perfume of each blossom.”― Terah Shelton Harris, Where the Wildflowers Grow

Jun 29

The Blessedness of Things

“Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.”― Blaise Pascal

“Now I will do nothing but listen.” – Walt Whitman

Summer calls us again and again.
Pause.
Sit.
Look. Listen. Linger.
Longer. Often. Rigorously.
There is a blessedness woven through each day.
To partake requires attention, reverence, yielding.

“the blessedness lying at the heart of things.” – Aldous Huxley

Jun 27

Mindful or Mind Full?

“Overthinking is not a sign of intelligence – it’s a thief of clarity.” – Arsalan Yousufzai

“A crowded mind
Leaves no space
For a peaceful heart.” – Christine Evangelou

The job of play
Of no place to be but here
Now
Losing track of time
Checking nothing off the list
Not running ahead
Nor lagging behind
Present, awake, spacious
Resting mind, peaceful heart
May you dance here today.

“Now that your worry has proved such an unlucrative business,
Why not find a better job?” – Hafez

Jun 26

Nectar of Peace

“Over and over in the butterfly we see the idea of transcendence. In the forest we see not the inert but the aspiring. In water that departs forever and forever returns, we experience eternity.”― Mary Oliver, Long Life: Essays and Other Writings

“On the windless days, when the maples have put forth their deep canopies, and the sky is wearing its new blue immensities, and the wind has dusted itself not an hour ago in some spicy field and hardly touches us as it passes by, what is it we do? We lie down and rest upon the generous earth. Very likely we fall asleep.”― Mary Oliver, Long Life: Essays and Other Writings

Beauty and grace aplenty.
Pay attention.
Gaze.
Wander.
Lie down.
Transcend.
Flow with the river.
Floating with delight like the butterfly.
Peace.
Seek, offer, receive.

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

Jun 25

Harness of WEIGHT

“Such weight, on the earth, is on our shoulders: gravity keeping us at home. But on the water we shake off the harness of weight; we glide; we are passengers of a sleek ocean bird with its single white wing filled with wind.”― Mary Oliver, Long Life: Essays and Other Writings

“What does it mean, say the words, that the earth is so beautiful? And what shall I do about it? What is the gift that I should bring to the world? What is the life that I should live?”― Mary Oliver, Long Life: Essays and Other Writings

What to put down.
Thoughts to rethink.
Assumptions to discard.
Kindness to offer.
Delight to bear.
To glide with grace.
Dance with light.
Dabble with joy.
Defy gravity.
Shake off the harness of weight.

“That’s the big question, the one the world throws at you every morning. “Here you are, alive. Would you like to make a comment?”― Mary Oliver, Long Life: Essays and Other Writings

Jun 23

Seed to Tree

“Create no images of God. Accept the images that God has provided. They are everywhere, in everything. God is Change— Seed to tree, tree to forest; Rain to river, river to sea; Grubs to bees, bees to swarm. From one, many; from many, one; Forever uniting, growing, dissolving— forever Changing. The universe is God’s self-portrait.”― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

“All that you touch
You Change.

All that you Change
Changes you.

The only lasting truth
is Change.

God
is Change.”― Octavia E. Butler

What will bloom in you today?
To what will you tend?
Hold, embrace, release
Kindness, peace, love woven through it all.
For eyes to see, open hands to receive.

“Kindness eases change
Love quiets fear”― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents

Jun 21

Between Two Breaths

“Would there be a little space, she wondered, a little time, some way to hold off eventfulness, to push busyness into the corners of the room and just stand there a minute or two.”― Toni Morrison, Beloved

“Suddenly I feel I am in the space between two breaths, in the moment of time it takes to stretch out a hand to another person, in the second when the heart beats and braces itself to beat again. I stand and wait with nothing to wait for. Am I on board a ship at sea, in a house in a park, in a town in a country? Is nothing changed, can everything be swept away as a dream is swept out of the conscious mind in the morning?”― Sven Holm, Termush

Space and margin.
Float and ease.
Grace and gentleness
Rhythm and flow.
Breadth and dimension
Kindness and care.
Take the pause, often.

“Life is not what we’re chasing. Life is what we’re leaving behind in the chasing.”― Craig D. Lounsbrough

Jun 19

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Soft Centered Arrival

“Presence doesn’t need a grand arrival — only a willingness to begin again.” – Amit Ray

“Equanimity is not a path around. It is the courage to remain in the center until the center opens.” – G. Scott Graham, The Tao of Equanimity

The noise will get louder
The chaos ensue
Demands multiply

The invitation
To this moment
To walk the path

Of presence

No shortcuts
Already here
In the quiet
The noticing

Attention and admiration
Reverence and wonder
Peace in the pause, in the receiving.

“The chase feels like movement — but it leaves you farther from the moment.”― G. Scott Graham, The Tao of Equanimity

Jun 14

Narrow Path, Beauty Abundant

“And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul”― John Muir

“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.”― David Attenborough

Wandering
Wondering
Exploration
Beauty
Fresh air
Relaxation
Reflection
Reset
Realignment
Renewal
Compound interest
Economy of Delight, Pause, Praise
Refill your tank
Daily

“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.”― John Muir

Jun 12

Poetry of Ordinary Moments

“To walk quietly until the miracle in everything speaks is poetry, whether we write it down or not.”― Mark Nepo

“Mysteriously, as elusive as it is, this moment–where the eye is what it sees, where the heart is what it feels–this moment shows us that what is real is sacred”― Mark Nepo

The mysteries
To live
Not to solve
Unfolding and unfurling
In ordinary beautiful days
For fresh eyes to see
Open heart to allow
Wide arms to embrace
Sacred ground to walk with reverence.

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust

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