We live in a world where terrible tragedies are seeming to grow in number by the day. These “tragedies” include many of the same results – extreme suffering (physical, emotional and psychological), environments are damaged or destroyed, and Life is lost. …
“PLACING” GOD
Memory is a powerful phenomenon. It can solicit strong emotions both joyful and painful. When something is in the past, it becomes “fixed.” Sometimes we “identify” with a memory to such a great extent that it takes on a life of its own so that it overruns us, resulting in the inability to truly live in the present at all. …
WISDOM’S CHILDREN
When you think of people whom you consider to have “wisdom,” what are the names that come to mind for you? I think of people like the Vietnamese Buddhist Monk, Thich Nhat Hahn, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Dorothy Day, Dr.…
a year in eternity
They sit inside for a long while
almost until the intensity fades,
and then drop slowly and moistly,
reminding the skin of songbird hymns.
Days of summer seek to rest,
as lilies shrink and fold in dry green;
weary and worn though fresh
the traced hues dive into earthen brown
Water colors the hiddenness of silent rainbows
waiting perhaps to kiss a piece of missing –
Spiraling fractals pass and return
creating holy pastures of pattern
Where you go I am she says
dearly paining the heart so full
Remember me not in fancied detail;
Still greet me in the strides of soul.…
DEEP NET
Hurricanes are ravaging the Western hemisphere of our world. People are fleeing for safety, enduring battering winds, rain and storm surges, as well as devastating losses. Some are beginning the slow process of recovering from flooding storms already past. People are helping people – each other. …