The light at the root of your soul

Try to keep your focus

not on what’s bearing down on you,

but instead on what’s lifting you up:

that inner buoyancy that resists and believes;

the relentless, infinite, unfathomable light

that lives at the root of your soul.

Inspiring resilience

There will be days when death and loss

hit very close to home.

Do not let their proximity

inhibit your capacity to bloom:

By bravely blooming in the face of loss

we honor and remember

that which has gone before

and inspire the world around us to resilience.

Knitting our own prisons

Busily knitting ourselves protection against the unexpected,

We fail to see how successfully we’ve managed 

to box ourselves in...

(Cast glass sculpture: Cocoon, by Carol Milne)

The beauty that is now

Look around you:

Things are always evolving, each minute

different from the next. And yes,

some moments are more beautiful than others.

Stay focused anyway: if you spend your time

remembering the past or imagining the future,

you just might miss the beauty that is now...

Waves of illumination

Like rocks on a thirsty shore,

we hungrily await the waves of illumination...

Infinite oneness

Rest in the moment, rocked by the waves

of the infinite oneness underlying all experience.

You CAN make a difference

As the sea reflects the colors of the sky,

so those around you will reflect

the colors of your moods.

You CAN make a difference.