All things work for good

Inside, we may be all tied up in knots,

but what we show the world remains the same: 

we won't sever our connections to the community we love

nor will we ever lose our trust 

that somehow, through this, all things work for good.

The passing season

To everything, there is a season -- 

a time to watch, a time to act, 

a time to retreat into the fog and lick our wounds,

knowing we are not alone.

This, too, shall pass.

Change is never easy

Change is never easy: there are always setbacks and reversals.

But whether your task now is to watch or to wait

or to step up to the plate,

stay calm, be ready, and do the best you can.

Learning to trust

On those days when we can't bear to look

at the threat of darkness before us

we have to trust that beauty and light

continue to surround us.

Conscious choices

As creatures bound by time and space,

each time that we say yes to something,

we're inevitably saying no to something else.

When will we become more conscious about our choices?

You are not your feelings

You are not your feelings,

nor the thoughts that may have triggered them.

You are something deeper,

something wiser and more wonderful.

Don't allow yourself to get sucked in

to that never-ending vortex of suffering and speculation.

Which will you choose?

We can always choose which way we'll face:

which direction will you choose?