On Children
Kahlil Gibran
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them … Continue reading →

LETTING GO TAKES LOVE
To let go does not mean to stop caring,
it means I can’t do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off,
it’s the realization I can’t control another.
To let go is not to enable,
but … Continue reading →

 
We are masters because we have the power to create and to rule our own lives. You are the way you are because that is what you believe about yourself. The real us is pure love; we are Life. What … Continue reading →

Playlist
Peter_Gabriel_Here_Comes_the_Flood_
Friends for Fireworks    5:21    JBM
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John legend and Pink doing dont’ give up
Gandhi/Buddha    3:28    Cheryl Wheeler
Long Hard Road    3:01    Sade
Forgiveness    5:00    Patty Griffin
The Rain Song    7:39    Led Zeppelin
My Blue Manhattan    2:23    Ryan Adams
Annie_Lennox__A_Whiter_Shade_Of_Pale
What’s Been Going On    4:15    Amos Lee
Book_Of_LovePeter_Gabriel_
Jewel__Hands_Live_Acoustic
Lyrics
Blood of Eden … Continue reading →

Featured Poet: David Whyte
 
The Opening of Eyes
That day I saw beneath dark clouds
the passing light over the water
and I heard the voice of the world speak out,
I knew then, as I had before
life is no passing memory of what has … Continue reading →

You say grace before meals.  All right.  But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, … Continue reading →

Mindful
Every day
I see or hear
something
that more or less
kills me
… Continue reading →

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
Salvador Dali
Enough. These few words are enough.
If not these words, this breath.
If not … Continue reading →