“The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.”
-Chief Joseph
“Happy day to all those who mother- whether or not you have ever given birth. Some of the best mothering I have received has been from friends, some of whom do not have children. They have fed me, held me, listened to me (endlessly! ) & given me strength. I bow to all those who tend & befriend. And I bow to our shared Mother, the Earth- who supports & sustains us.”
-Oriah Mountain Dreamer
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Seeing the Spring Come In
“One attraction in coming to the woods to live was that I should have leisure and opportunity to see the Spring come in.”
-Henry David Thoreau
“Sit quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.”
-Zen Saying
“The force of Spring – mysterious, fecund, powerful beyond measure.”
-Michael Garofalo
Enjoy the Passage of Time
“The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.”
-James Taylor
The hurry sickness has left me. The ease of the morning to contemplate life, nature, the day, fulfills a longing to sit with the purity of being here now. Hearing those words, there is a knowing, a real knowledge, that being fully present, attentive, focused, and aware truly does bring peace. The gift of life is acknowledged in these moments – and these moments expand to hours and inform the days.
The house still needs to be cleaned, bills paid, the plants tended… with the awareness of the morning extended, these small tasks take on a sacred feeling. Every movement a prayer. This is not a constant state of course – for me. The periods of time though are extended more and more…. I need so much less to feel full. Less activity, less doing, more be-ing is a grace filled way.
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”
-John Lennon
The Only Prayer
“If the only prayer you ever say is, “thank you”,
it will be enough”.– Meister Eckhart“For all that has been, Thank you!
For all that is to come, Yes!”
-Dag Hammarskjold
Night Music
There are places where you can love the night. Under the big sky, when cares are far away, as calm peace absorbs the day. Stars to get lost in, time does not work as when sunshine warms. Alone with yourself. The dog breathing. The stars and night breathing too. And the trees. The moon hidden.
Night wonders deep and satisfying.
“I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.”
-D.H. Lawrence
“What hath night to do with sleep?”
-John Milton – Paradise Lost
“Late, by myself, in the boat of myself,
no light and no land anywhere, cloudcover thick
I try to stay
just above the surface,
yet I’m already under
and living with the ocean”
-Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
“Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day’s chalking.”
-Frederick Buechner, The Alphabet of Grace
“The world rests in the night. Trees, mountains, fields, and faces are released from the prison of shape and the burden of exposure. Each thing creeps back into its own nature within the shelter of the dark. Darkness is the ancient womb. Nighttime is womb-time. Our souls come out to play. The darkness absolves everything; the struggle for identity and impression falls away. We rest in the night.”
-John O’Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
Here’s to the night and the promise of a new day dawning…
(written at 3am!)
May Day!
Singing with the flowers, feeling the forest’s music, listening for raven song. Seeing connections large and small. May is sure to be filled with simple pleasures that are deeply fulfilling.
Unfolding, evolving, expanding, deep breathing earth mirrors our own journey through the season.
A “cross-quarter day” of importance in Celtic festivals this day was also the first day of Summer in early European history. An important marking of time is this day!
Dances, singing and cake are part of the official celebration of this first day of May, May Day, across our planet – a spring holiday for many, I hope you too will celebrate Spring, flowers, nature, life and connections with cake, singing and dancing!
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things”
-Robert Brault
“May you live all the days of your life.”
-Jonathan Swift
Awareness
“Earth’s crammed with heaven…
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.”
–Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh
“Truth is not something outside to be discovered,
it is something inside to be realized.”
–Osho
“Thought can organize the world so well that you are no
longer able to see it.”
-Anthony de Mello
I See Wonders Everywhere!
I see wonders everywhere! From tiny stills in the forest, to the incomprehensible star majesty, these gifts surround us, asking nothing but our attention. Power, calm, wind, clouds, big trees, rocks, the creatures… so much – just so very much, to mesh with us and take in. In gratitude and with a long sweet breath, the day is embraced, the wonders absorbed…
“There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
–Albert Einstein-Albert Einstein
“The world is full of magic things,
patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
-W.B. Yeats
May your day and night be filled with wonder, miracles and magic!
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. – See more at: http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=255#sthash.OmLEQKAd.dpuf
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. – See more at: http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=255#sthash.OmLEQKAd.dpuf
Everything is Energy
“Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.”
-Bashar? (many times attributed to Einstein, but from what I researched, most likely Bashar?)
I get lost in the concepts, connections and potentials of the Energy that makes up all of us – makes up everything – from our planet, to the animals, to the rocks and mountains. It is a mesmerizing subject that compels endless hours…
Einstein did say this,
“Matter is energy. Energy is Light. We are all Light Beings”.
-Albert Einstein
These are not touchy-feely statements – these are tenants of physics. The implications are empowering and staggering in the ways we can be here in the world as energy beings. We are energy, we are connected, we are powerful beyond measure in the creation of our life. Change your vibration and you change your world.
In this Spring Time of unfolding life, this energetic nature that we share with all the creatures and with our planet, seems more pronounced, closer to the surface, easier to feel and touch.
Think good thoughts, feel your energy, touch your connections, direct your intentions. Be in love with life!
Life will love you back!!
“We’re fields of energy in an infinite energy field.”
–e.e. cummings
Spring’s Benediction
Winter’s serene time and space has left me open and in-tune to the minute changes, nuances, and majesty of Spring’s unfolding. Day by day wonders are absorbed on a soul level. There is a deep comprehension of all the powerful growth that the earth’s veins are sprouting forth.
It is felt, it is known, it is heard, it is experienced.
“The peace and beauty of a spring day had descended upon the earth like a benediction. ”
– Kate Chopin
“When spring comes the grass grows by itself. ”
– Tao Te Ching
“It is always quietly thrilling to find yourself looking at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before.” -Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life