Every Day Zen
This morning, I walked away from my walker without realizing it. I did not return to it immediately. It was a bit of freedom. Why not take it? Mine is a two-room apartment so this was not a walk for distance or duration but it was a walk with an actual gait. I focused on... Continue Reading →
Tell all the Truth but tell it slant— Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth’s superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or Everyman be blind— Emily Dickinson, C. 1868 How to stand in a light that reveals all and not... Continue Reading →
The Soul selects her own Society-- Then—shuts the Door— To her divine Majority— Present no more— Unmoved—she notes the Chariots--pausing— At her low Gate— Unmoved-an Emperor be kneeling Upon her Mat-- I’ve known her--from an ample nation— Choose One-- Then--close the Valves of her attention— Like Stone— (Emily Dickinson, c. 1862)* This poem... Continue Reading →
I reason, Earth is short— and Anguish-absolute— And many hurt, But, what of that? I reason, we could die— The best Vitality Cannot excel Decay, But, what of that? I reason, that in Heaven— Somehow, it will be even— Some new Equation, given— But, what of that? Emily Dickinson, c. 1862 Neither reason nor intuition... Continue Reading →
When I began the #DailyDose, I knew there would be days of pause. I decided that a year of posts--365--would be my first benchmark, no matter how many days that might take. Hurricane Hermine was only my first pause. There are more to come, each unique in its own period of time, ever tweaking my perspective. To... Continue Reading →
