Colored by a mood

Have you noticed how our mood and experience

color what we see?

What does it mean, when this starts to look

like a dying eagle's one last fluttered wing

before it sinks with the sun into the cold dark sea?

Serve as a lighthouse

We instinctively created light 

to make up for the absence of light.

Can we, too, serve as lighthouses,

when all the world seems dark?

True colors

No matter how we dress it up, 

or try to paint it over,

with time and with exposure 

our true colors will shine through.

A better place

I want to live in such a way

that as the day draws to a close

I can float serenely on the knowledge

that I've done my best to make the world a better place

Resilience

When nature gifts us with a show of strength,

reminding us how fragile our lives are,

we take courage from her model of resilience

and trust that loss and decay will feed new growth.

Above the Fray

Whatever the provocation,

learn to stay above the fray,

focused on how you can best contribute

to a serene, vital and equitable future.

Welcoming the rain

I'm thankful for the flowers --

they have so much to teach us:

lift your face to the sun, dance in the light,

welcome the cooling droplets when it rains...