Hot air released to the clouds Sighs flying Breathe in Breathe out Disappear from view Air balloons Transient moons Sun comes up Sun goes down Memories in between Inflated by emotions Land on my mind Misplaced by others Photos from my phone capture and recall Moments as intangible as all those Hot air balloons A […]
Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life. Stretching. That first morning stretch. The yawn. Yoga Challenging myself and achieving my goal “The mind once stretched around a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions “ Ralph Waldo Emmerson Stretching mentally? physically and emotionally – it all feels so good.
In the gap between this task and another and this thought and the next one and the concern I have for this and that other thing which might occur and all of this mental weight and the physical burden the sheer enormity of stuff to do Is there any space for love? And is loving […]
If I were to ask the sky Why? It wouldn’t tell me And if I were to ask a human They would tell me from their experience Not mine If I were to ask my dog She would speak with her eyes But I cannot fathom what that means Questioning of the mind can be […]
Do you practice religion? What’s the old one about love? Jesus didn’t practice religion, he practiced love Buddha didn’t practice religion, he practised love I don’t practice religion either I try really hard, to practice love ❤️
This morning I was out walking when I saw a feather moving strangely along the path An ant was carrying the feather aloft and making astonishingly fast progress In comparison to the tiny ant, the feather looked large and unwieldy, difficult to carry Yet it was not, the ant was perfectly capable of carrying the […]
Do you remember life before the internet? Ahhhhhh yes when curiosity took longer to satisfy And eyes just stared into space When we more connected and knew what a person was like only by what they showed us in the moment Which means we didn’t know much at all, except what was important When we […]
Conversation is a harmony to pay close attention to fault lines like dead notes in the middle of a tune the silence arises where velvet meets wood and there is no music As the key turns mute and no amount of playing can cover the mistake as the score returns again and again to that […]
Do you have any collections? I collect insults and criticisms Great quotes and witticisms Wishing all the while That an idea would stick as well They appear in my head Right before I go to bed And by morning they have all flown
What is the legacy you want to leave behind? I would like to leave ideas and inspiration in the minds of my children. I would like to leave love and reassurance that they can draw on long after I am gone. Other than that, nothing, I will simply lapse back I to the mystery where […]
