I Write Because …

I Write Because …

I write to inspire – myself and others. Sometimes my spirit demands attention. I sit and wait for the lessons of my soul. Occasionally I write to release the stress of the day, as a meditation; a way to reconnect with spirit. I write in my journal nearly daily, to not...
If I Listen

If I Listen

My back tells me it wants to lie down, My head says it wants my mind to stretch, My feet ache to let loose, My nose says to get some help so it can breathe again, My cat says hold me My partner says we need to play more My brother tells me to read computer books And...
Musings on “Atonement”

Musings on “Atonement”

(During the Jewish High Holidays) Life is too serious at times to ponder what I should atone for. So I’ll think of “at-one-ment.” To be at one with “all that is” is akin to seeing the full moon glittering from the knowledge that humans and animals and earth are at one...
In Honor of Dying

In Honor of Dying

In the presence of mystery, we give ourselves over in trust We open our hearts and spirit calms us. We reach into depths of knowing, a spaciousness of oneness Part here – part there, we walk the tightrope of life and death. One hand holds our tears, another welcomes...