We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky. Walter Mosley Let’s start shattering some glass ceilings, as practice for the time we break open the sky. There is no need... Continue Reading →
Escape: a Hefty Boomerang
When in the slough of despond, I know a miracle is possible any moment. I am not ascribing “divine agency” to miracle but rather the act of being completely present. For me, it is the only way through dark moments. Miracle is not a warm, fuzzy moment and voila! All is right with the world.... Continue Reading →
Pause and Repeat: The Monarch Warrior
A week from today I have my second hip replacement surgery. It means tapering off autoimmune disease medication. It’s always a tricky time. Physically, my cells shift to adapt to lack. In response, my mind releases words at whim. The challenge of the sentence looms. I remember the warrior butterfly— bodhisattva— who forsakes the firm... Continue Reading →
Updating and Restarting
These are days of updating—for me and for my laptop--one restart after another, with mixed results. It is not a longing for default. That is a past setting. My voice recognition software doesn’t keep up with impermanence any better than I do. It is more silent than not, choosy in what it recognizes and then…silence. Not... Continue Reading →
When on Mornings I Hesitate
I may meditate every morning but it is not that I don’t hesitate. Especially on winter mornings when I would rather remain wrapped in my comforter. It is then my thoughts turn to the warrior butterfly— bodhisattva— who forsakes the firm ground for walking on air. Such dramatic change does not come overnight but over a... Continue Reading →
The Beat of the Unresolved Heart
We live without knowing what may happen. The fresh experience is the human one. Rainer Maria Rilke makes it a bit more palatable by adding patience: Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. It is possible to live and not know. Rainer Maria Rilke Patience provides a... Continue Reading →
Measuring Time In Finger Snaps
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. (Joseph Addison) When pain wakes me to my day, I know patience must be my constant companion. I also know I am quick to abandon... Continue Reading →
A Bit of Stardust in the Mail
You may or may not receive memos from the Universe. Or you might call them something else. For me, these memos are not everyday stuff, although the every day is forever altered. They are sharp, crisp, and incapable of being ignored. I know. I’ve tried. Always, these memos are multifaceted, stardust settling in its own... Continue Reading →