Monthly Archives: June 2013

May we live to see the world we would want.  Let us not wish it into being, but rather let us live it into being.  They say one person cannot change the world, and yet we are, each of us, … Continue reading →

Behold the beauty of motion!  The raptor’s graceful glide on spread wings, or the swallows nimble yet erratic flight as they hunt moths at the traffic intersection.  The peloton with swift legs, elegant line, and the many-colored jerseys.  The waves … Continue reading →

Like this prayer, our days are numbered.  We do not know what our own tally is, but we do know that each day it is one fewer.  What we choose to do with this finite resource is important; it ultimately … Continue reading →

Sometimes we find ourselves in a neutral place: we’re neither happy nor sad, neither challenged nor triumphant.  Where are we to find spiritual growth in these times?  Just as sleep is the time when short term memories are processed into … Continue reading →

May today be a joining day: May we join our actions to our longings; May we join our compassion to our justice; May we join our work to our calling; May we join our intentions to our extensions; May we … Continue reading →

Let today be about making new connections: reaching out in friendship, or being open and receptive to ‘strangers.’  Or perhaps we will discover deeper ties to someone we already know.  We may find new ways of associating, or find ourselves … Continue reading →

Here’s to accidental inspiration: the web of life is infinite, and ultimately unknowable.  Yet, when one strand is pulled here, a hanging dew drop falls there.  Reverberation is the hum of the universe, the white noise of existence.  This is … Continue reading →

To have lived life is to have experienced the gamut of emotions.  From successes to failures; from joy beyond belief to grief beyond reckoning.  It is often said that we need the difficult times to recognize when we’ve got it … Continue reading →

Effort will be made today.  Energy expended, with hopes of efficacious outcomes.  The trying is all; nothing good can come of not endeavoring.  Not all will go as hoped or planned, but no ill will come from making the attempt. … Continue reading →

Yesterday, promises were made.  Will today find them fulfilled?  Or will this day find us regretting we were unable to see them through?  That is the trouble with a promise – it seems to be an all-or-nothing proposition.  Perhaps, instead … Continue reading →