“You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” — Amy Carmichael You find yourself at the end of energy, your mind and body all give out, but there is this soul who needs you to be strength or kindness or support, and so you push through the tired. Sometimes it is aContinue reading “Giving, Luke 6:38”
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Wounded
Quick now, here, now, always — A condition of complete simplicity (Costing not less than everything) And all shall be well and All manner of thing shall be well When the tongues of flames are in-folded Into the crowned knot of fire And the fire and the rose are one. — T.S. Eliot, Little GiddingContinue reading “Wounded”
Mosaic
The clear water strokes over, colors the stream like a live painting, the water a brush moving over stones in tones of amber, sage, citrine — some covered in shades of green moss below fish gliding over, glinting like quicksilver, swimming over earthen shaded pebbles –raw sienna to burnt umber — peaceful mosaics under theContinue reading “Mosaic”
Stone Pillows
I have slept on stone pillows in nights of vivid dreams amid hours of wakefulness and You there listening, whispering; we wrestled, too, and I think a joint displaced would be fair exchange for a blessing in these weeping hours of deep introspection. That is the nature of this struggle — an inward look thatContinue reading “Stone Pillows”
Unfurling
“Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.” — Theodore Roenthke I see this blossom each morning unfurling to find the light, reaching out to touch a ray of sun, warmth necessary for life; its roots stretch down into moistened earth as morning brings on the day’s thirst. I complete that same searchContinue reading “Unfurling”
Light
“The surface of the water, toward the sun, reflecting the light with different degrees of brilliancy is very exhilarating…” — Henry David Thoreau, April, 13 1854 This long contented sigh escapes as we turn the corner and the small pond comes into full view. There is just something about water that both calms and exhilaratesContinue reading “Light”
Look
“Normal is a paved road; it’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow.” — Vincent Van Gogh We put too much stock into uniformity, conforming ourselves to what society calls normal; we limit our ideas of what is beautiful — in lips, hips, eyes, skin; pattern, color, art, music; we cast our gaze toward aContinue reading “Look”
Exhaustion
“A meaningful silence is always better than meaningless words.” — Unknown I slog through this morning sigh at the visage in my mirror — all shadowed and baggy-eyed from a restless night of images. The world feels tight, as if I’m wrapped by a snake squeezing the life out of me. It is this weightContinue reading “Exhaustion”
Chasing Butterflies
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” — Maya Angelou Sometimes we chase butterflies, attracted to the finished bloom of wing, the sweet flutter of refined beauty, the canvas completed, the masterpiece; but there is change and hard work that mustContinue reading “Chasing Butterflies”
Urban Meadow
“Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson I see you near my elbow; I recognize that drop waist and slow and steady flight intent on finding some puff of pollen, a trace of nectar, and I dare edge near enough to snap your picture asContinue reading “Urban Meadow”
Poetic Meanderings 