I know you think monks just sit around thinking up jokes & stories to make their point, which is hard because they don’t get out into the world enough (some monks, you know). But it’s really not like that – here’s one of my faves: +++++++ A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is…
Sara Tucholsky isn’t gonna forget. It was cool to hear this story from a few years ago – heard it then & want to share it now – that shows what happens when the right people do the right thing at the right time. And don’t tell me you’re not a softball fan – this…
Lighten for a moment beautiful one. Place down those shackles, tethers and bounds. Allow all your responsibilities to release too. For this special moment, just be free. The sun has risen and is touching us with her light. We have grown and are touching the world with our own. Lighten for a moment dear one.…
Listen intently to a voice singing without words. It may charm you into crying, force you to dance, fill you with rage, or make you jump for joy. You can’t tell where the music ends and the emotions begin, for the whole thing is a kind of music—the voice playing on your nerves as…
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye.” ‘The Little Prince’ by Antoine de Saint Exupery Art: Rafal Olbinski
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn to not judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in…
Let us not look for you only in memory, Where we would grow lonely without you. You would want us to find you in presence, Beside us when beauty brightens, When kindness glows And music echoes eternal tones. When orchids brighten the earth, Darkest winter has turned to spring; May this dark grief flower…
My dad told me a variation on this…love it: A father said to his daughter “You have graduated with honors, here is a Jeep I bought many years ago. It is pretty old now. But before I give it to you, take it to the used car lot downtown and tell them I want to…