In the same boat

Can't you see? We're all in this boat together:

Tip it to push the unwanted out

and you'll risk losing us all.

Necessary separations

Inevitably in life there will be times

when separation, abandoning old patterns

of thought or behavior, becomes imperative;

when the danger of continuing becomes too great.

Don't assume it will be easy, or that you can do it alone,

and don't be afraid to ask for help.

Show-off

What is this thing that happens, when you're out in a crowd

and you get this sudden urge to show off?

What child in us still so longs to be visible, to be special?

What happened to being "one with the universe?"

Infinite wonder

May the darkness in our lives

serve to pierce the veil of being

and reveal the infinite wonder 

that lies waiting just beyond.

If we could choose

If we could choose what challenge age might bring --

whether diminishment or flowering --

what would it be? To bloom into the night, to fall and fade

unseen to feed the ground, or, to be severed by the blade

and then to stand apart, enshrined, then tossed,

connection to your roots forever lost?

The many masks of love

Our hunger for love wears many masks:

Don't be distracted by their golden appeal,

but look for the deeper longing that lies beneath.

What will it take to get home?

Home may look like a lot of different things

to a lot of different people,

but most of us will do whatever it takes to get there.

What is home for you?

And what will it take for you to finally arrive?