Blessing – Jan. 4, 2023
May the sun bring you energy every day, bringing light into the darkness of your soul. May the moon softly restore you by light bathing you in the glow of restful sleep and peaceful dreams. May the rain wash away your worries and cleanse the hurt that sits in your heart. May the breeze blow […]
Bees – Aug. 1, 2022
“Last night, as I was sleeping, I dreamt—marvelous error!—that I had a beehive here inside my heart.…And the golden beeswere making white combsand sweet honey from my old failures.….” —Antonio Machado, excerpt from “Last Night As I Was Sleeping“, from Times Alone, translated by Robert Bly
Stay – Mar. 25, 2022
… You cannot know it now,cannot even imaginewhat lies ahead,but I tell youthe day is comingwhen breath willfill your lungsas it never has before,and with your own earsyou will hear wordscoming to you newand startling.You will dream dreamsand you will see the worldablaze with blessing. Wait for it.Still yourself.Stay. –Jan Richardson, from “Stay”, The Cure […]
This Is The Season of Promise – Dec. 29, 2021
Let the bells be silenced Let the gifts be stillborn Let cheer be muted Let music be soundless Violence stalks the land: Soaring above the cry of the dying Rising above the whimper of the starving Floating above the flying machines of death Listen to the long stillness: New life is stirring New […]
