Monthly Archives: February 2015

Longing and Hope; Faith and Compassion; Connection and Ultimacy: we are spiritual beings, and we perceive that we live in a physical world.  What if the reality of matter is equally spiritual in nature?  What if physical presence is merely … Continue reading →

Rise and move, conquering inertia.  Stretch, yawn, and attend to the moment.  Dress for today’s life, eat, then prepare.  Our morning ritual, our daily re-entry into life.  We do not know what this day has in store for us: the … Continue reading →

Be happy, they say, but happiness is not always the appropriate emotion. Be productive, they say, but there is also time for frivolity. Be well, they say, but illness comes to us all. Be together, they say, but aloneness can … Continue reading →

Life is like a box of chocolates: it’s irresistibly tasty, sometimes bitter, mostly sweet, and occasionally it’s full of nuts.  Yet we cannot restrain our appetite, can we?  Let us gorge ourselves on life!  Let us give in with total abandon, and … Continue reading →

Dreams: our nocturnal companions.  Dreams: our life’s aspirations.  Dreams come to us unexpectedly, often unbidden, sometimes unwelcome.  And yet they are the attendants to our lives.  It has been said that life is but a dream, and yet we are admonished … Continue reading →

Children of the Stars are we, the recycled matter of the universe.  We are re-purposed.  We often ponder the purpose in living, when perhaps we should be pondering our re purpose.  We have been here forever, in one form or another, … Continue reading →

As the adage goes, a journey of 10,000 miles begins with the first step.  Our excursions have already begun, we stride along, sometimes confident in our direction, other times uncertain of which way to turn.  And yet we sojourn on, … Continue reading →

When the sorrow cries, Listen.  Listen deeply, without response.  We long to be heard, especially when speaking with authentic voice.  The quality of the message is supreme – so too should be the quality of reception.  May we develop a … Continue reading →

How do we go on? Sometimes everything boils down to that desperate question. When life seems too much, and the challenges seem insurmountable. Platitudes won’t serve us, and pride keeps us from reaching out. In these times, our prayer is … Continue reading →

To be alive is Sense-ational!  The taste of crisp morning autumn air, the warmth of exhalation, the quite din of the town as it comes awake.  May we be present to our senses, open to all that we may receive.  And let … Continue reading →