may my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living whatever they sing is better than to know and if men should not hear them men are old may my mind stroll about hungry and fearless and thirsty and supple and even if it’s sunday may i be wrong Read more
Meditations for the celebrations this Sunday were themed in honor of the eighth anniversary of September 11th. Click on the links to see a performance of the songs quoted here. God’s drifting in the heavens, devil’s in the mailboxI got dust on my shoes, nothing but teardrops. ~Bruce Springsteen, "You’re Missing" One is left with Read more
Where do I find the words to say? How do I teach him? What do we play? Bit by bit, I’ve realized That’s when I need them, That’s when I need my father’s eyes. My father’s eyes… As my soul slides down to die. How could I lose him? What did I try? Bit by Read more
Where do I find the words to say? How do I teach him? What do we play? Bit by bit, I’ve realized That’s when I need them, That’s when I need my father’s eyes. My father’s eyes… As my soul slides down to die. How could I lose him? What did I try? Bit by Read more
pride, n. A strong sense of self-respect; a refusal to be humiliated, as well as joy in one’s own accomplishments or those of a person, group, or object with which one identifies. “Frog Prince” For D. She swore she’d change me, and she did. Unzipped the old skin and hid it, somewhere, ripped out the Read more
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead. –Albert Einstein Now thank we all our God, with heart and Read more
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. –Henry David Thoreau A living planet is a much more complex metaphor for deity than just a bigger father with a bigger fist. If an omniscient, all-powerful Dad ignores your prayers, it’s taken personally. Hear only silence long enough, and Read more
It is an enlightening excursion, this wandering into the spiritual insights of other whole cultures, other whole intuitions of the spiritual life. It depends for its fruitfulness on openness of heart and awareness of mind. But the journey is well worth the exertion it takes to see old ideas in new ways because it can Read more
Celebrating motherhood is a historical tradition dating back almost as far as mothers themselves. A number of ancient cultures paid tribute to mothers as goddesses, including the ancient Greeks, who celebrated Rhea, the mother of all gods. The ancient Romans also honored their mother goddess, Cybele, in a notoriously rowdy springtime celebration and the Celtic Read more
Celebrating motherhood is a historical tradition dating back almost as far as mothers themselves. A number of ancient cultures paid tribute to mothers as goddesses, including the ancient Greeks, who celebrated Rhea, the mother of all gods. The ancient Romans also honored their mother goddess, Cybele, in a notoriously rowdy springtime celebration and the Celtic Read more
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