“This existence of ours is as transient as autumn cloudsTo watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance.A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky,Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain”.~ Buddha(563 - 483 BC) ...and when I’m still,my world draws into focus,my [...]
The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.~ Chinese Proverb Why men could choose to do yoga. The operative word here is “choose”; it’s always about choice in everything we do. We try to make karmically correct choices when we hold a conscious perceived value in what we [...]
Photo - www.aman-rai.com"To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will soon be over, but part of the stream of life flowing on from the first germ to the remote and unknown future." ~ Bertrand Russell When ancient eyes of [...]
"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place" ~ Kurt VonnegutAnna Bertha Cohen-Ferguson;names with originsspanning diverse lineages and [...]
“He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy, but he who kisses the joy as it flieslives in eternity’s sunrise" ~ William Blake Spring gains momentum, Bow River swells with mountain pride,frost heaved ice floesbobble along indifferentlysurrendering to this,to here,to now;our word for this;seasons. Morphing back from whence it came,melding into nature’s circle divineice does not [...]
Photo Cesare BraiA wolf pack: the first three in the column are the old or sick, they give the pace to the entire pack. If it was the other way round, they would be left behind, losing contact with the pack. In case of an ambush they would be sacrificed. This is their way of caring [...]
"Faith is an island in the setting sun, but proof is the bottom line for everyone" ~ Paul Simon Beam shivered, and nestled in closeto her mother’s warm feathers, the icy wind nipping at her little body. A coyote’s howl filled the air, its shrill notes filling Beam’s heart with fear. Shadows were everywhere, the trees [...]
“Time is the longest distance between two places” ~ Tennessee Williams Faded footprints,stories of you, me, us, them,inclusion, exclusion, indifference, this. Our maps,chosen journeys,congealed lives ofwill and intent,convoluted paths,same destination. Hypnotic years roll byblurred pages flipped,ballads of beingcomposed on the flyquesting for harmonyrefuting dissonance. Scarcely a dropin rivers of timegranular moments of sandslip through clutching fingerssettling as dusty memorieson [...]
“Socrates showed us that thinking the truth is not enough. Truth demands to be lived” ~ Americ Azevedo Gut wrenching visuals flashed around the world, primal grieving and mind numbing shock, mass casualties as garment factory building collapses. Bangladesh where lives are commodities, geographically removed, a third world away; still an event unacceptably close [...]
"Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God." ~ Ram DassDearest Henri,What does Easter mean to me? It means a time of hope, a time of re-birth, a time of faith, a time of reflection, a time of connectedness to [...]