Listen to your soul

Make time today to sit with yourself and listen: 

What is it that your soul truly hungers for? 

Is it really “more” and “better?” 

Or might it be simply “this” and “now?” 

Perhaps all the sustenance we need 

Is already here, in this moment.

What and where to give

In a world where there is so much need, 

So much that demands our attention — 

Earthquakes, war, famine, disease — 

How do we decide how and where to help 

When so much is required 

And we have so little to offer?

I think we start close to home; 

Make a difference where we can, 

And trust that whatever we can do 

To brighten the world around us 

Will have larger ramifications..

Moving through the shadows

We don’t tend to know what’s coming, 

What’s moving toward us in the shadows, 

Or what lies waiting at the crossroads, 

But still we press on, 

Despite the fog of anticipation and worry, 

Trusting that when we reach 

That eternal stopping point 

We will not be alone…

Your heart as a garden

Think of your heart, your love, your community, 

Your nation, your world, your universe 

As a garden: capable of enormous beauty, 

Of sustaining life, of feeding our eyes, 

Our lungs, and our souls with grace 

When carefully tended, watered and weeded.

Freedom

Invited to paint with a simple piece of cardboard, 

I found myself closer to the canvas; 

More intimately engaged with the painting, 

And more inclined to follow 

Where the mix of colors led. 

It was as if the critical voices in my head 

Had been silenced, and I was free 

To simply enjoy the process without worrying 

 How it looked, or where it might take me…

Pluses and minuses

Life is full of pluses and minuses; 

Divisions and dividends. 

On which do you find yourself focusing?

Coloring the past

When you look back on the past, 

What do you see? 

Do you focus on the shadows or the light? 

Do you remember what carried you through, 

Or what was happening in the wider world — 

And are those memories colored 

With joy or with pain?