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Society evolves not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other. ~ Lewis Thomas I started having flies in the master bathroom. We pretty quickly figured out where they were getting in, but it took me a while to catch and release them all. […] The world is changed by your example, not your opinion. ~ Paul Coehlo As I was feeling befuddled by boredom, I happened upon a dharma talk by Kyoun Sokuzan. Sokuzan, a fully transmitted monk in the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition, was speaking about meddling mind. Adyashanti (born Steven Gray in 1962), an American spiritual […] The farmer may only be planting a seed, but if he opens his eyes he is feeding the whole world. ~ Omaha Bee This opening quotation kicked off a precious story about a three-person construction crew who was approached by a man asking what each was doing. The first said he was working for pittance […] Twelve minutes late coming to join the Southern Circle Poets writing group, I have been transplanting some flowering things that have been blooming beautifully along the left edge of our driveway all summer. We are scheduled to have work begin tearing up the old concrete and blacktop, and putting in a continuous concrete driveway from […] In response to “When Everything Falls Apart, What Remains?” posting, I received a precious email message from a Florida writer-friend. Thank you, Paul, for igniting my heart by sharing your powerful writing of your poignant experience. (Soft edits only!) Welcome to the Yellow Brick Road, and please come again…. Dear Debra, […] I am technically practicing silence in a meditation retreat at Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center in Hendersonville, North Carolina. But I am attending via Zoom and my fingers are on the keyboard. The focus of this retreat with John Orr is When Everything Falls Apart, What Remains? This was John’s blurb about the retreat: […] Acceptance is the goal — acceptance and freedom to choose what we want and need to do to take care of ourselves with that person. We can become free of the patterns of the past. We are recovering. Progress is the goal. ~ The Language of Letting Go, Daily Meditations on […] For this is wisdom; to live, To take what fate, or the Gods, may give. ~ Laurence Hope Wouldn’t it be great to have the name Hope! Or Faith! Cope is the maiden name of a friend. My own name (Debra) means busy bee in colloquialism, and she who brings the sublime light of the […] Overcast It is overcast today Four months since I freely hugged or leaned over the puzzle table saying, “Where do you think this piece goes?” to my companion In search of where each piece fits Longing for the satisfaction completion brings The sun is up there Still shining but my world feels grey today I […] This morning I saw a wonderful quotation by Bruce Chatwin, an English travel writer, novelist and journalist. Although Patagonia, his first book, cast him as a travel writer, in his own mind Chatwin was a storyteller. His true passion was bringing to light unusual tales. Chatwin’s quotation that caught my eye is: “Man’s real home […] |
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