Archive for May, 2017
Quiet Places Within
Friday, May 26th, 2017
I notice the sky. I see fully the sunlight that bounces off the brick buildings.
I notice the clouds. I take in the shapes that fill the limitless view above me.
I notice the birds. I feel the expansive wings that encircle my very beingness.
I notice the trees. I feel the arms of the universe surround me.
I notice that beauty encircles me, light fills me, and nature supports me.
I live in a world of sounds that teach me to be alive and present.
I Came to Love (Poem)
Tuesday, May 16th, 2017
I came to love
To give more love
To receive more love
I came to love
For the great mystery
Of the language of the heart
I came to love
For the magic
And the great magicians
I came to love
To learn about living
And to appreciate the dying
I came to love
To fall more deeply
Into a connection
I came to love
Fumbling and failing
And learning from it all
I came to love
As a child, friend, spouse
Strangers known and unknown
I came to love
And it met me
And I said yes
Less Grit. More Love.
Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
As I begin a Mindful in May Meditation Program, I am reminded how my view of meditation changes everything. I am looking forward to sitting – just sitting. I am looking forward to chanting. I am looking forward to listening and being. For a while, my meditation practice was feeling like a chore to be done rather than a practice to be experienced. From that perspective, it was easy to skip the meditation “chore” and come up with excuses. It is humbling to go back to the meditation cushion. It reminds me that I am always the student and the teacher.
Life isn’t about gritting through it. It’s about the fullness of every experience. When we grit through our meditation or any spiritual practice, we lose out on experiencing the deeper connections that reside within us. We cheat ourselves on creating deeper connections with others.
What are you gritting through? Are you willing to let go of the grit and open to more love?
Less grit. More Love.
Go ahead – go back to your daily practice and experience the delight of deeper connections.
Oneness
Thursday, May 4th, 2017
Noticing the peace
of the lover and
the beloved as One
Noticing the joy
of the inhale and
the exhale as One
Noticing the compassion
of the mind and
the heart as One