I WILL NOT DIE AN UNLIVED LIFE
I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible; to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk …
TRYING TO SPELL LOVE
There are some things the mouth finds increasingly difficult to spell ……. There are battlefields within us where nothing is able to grow, where our past and its ghosts search tirelessly for a warm place to die, where the white flags hang over the funeral of God and our limbs become the mirrored skyscrapers that …
YOU DON’T NEED A MAN
Warning: naughty language ahead! To my sweet wild woman, I know why it hasn’t worked out with anyone else—you don’t need a man, but a goddamn warrior. You are the strength of Turkish coffee at sunrise darlin’ and don’t try to pretend that you’re not. You are one of the wild ones, and no matter …
THE DISEASE OF BEING BUSY
The Disease of Being Busy by Omid Safi I saw a dear friend a few days ago. I stopped by to ask her how she was doing, how her family was. She looked up, voice lowered, and just whimpered: “I’m so busy… I am so busy… have so much going on.” Almost immediately after, I …
STOP BEING IN RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS POTENTIAL
STOP BEING IN RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS POTENTIAL By Dévashi Shakti on August 12, 2015 Have you ever found yourself in a cycle of really wanting to have your partner step up, but no matter how hard you try, he just…. doesn’t? So many women are caught up expending their energy in this relentless situation. You try to be …
SEEKING FOR LOVE
Your task is not to seek for love
but merely to seek and find all of barriers within yourself
that you’ve built against it
in A Course in Miracles
THE INVITATION
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love for your dream for …
TALE OF THE 3 SAGES
A captain and his soldiers had been ordered, from their general, to clean the kingdom from its hermits, because the new King did not want to have this sort of people living in his kingdom. Several hermits lived in the valley, others in the mountains, in natural caves. The captain set out on his task …
THE ROSE
Some say love, it is a river That drowns the tender reed. Some say love, it is a razor That leaves your soul to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, An endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower, And you its only seed. It’s the heart, afraid of breaking, …
ONE MOUTH
You’ve got one mouth and two ears.
Use them in proportion.
Epictetus
IF I KNEW
If I knew If I knew it would be the last time That I’d see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a …
THE LAST STORY
And so the time comes when all the people of the earth can bring their gifts to the fire and look into each other’s faces unafraid Breathe deep Feel the sacred well that is your own breath, and look look at that circleSee us come from every direction from the four quarters of the earth …
NOT GUILTY
Not Guilty Speaking Truth to Power Betty Krawczyk Born and raised in the bayous of Southern Louisiana, Betty Krawczyk is the mother of eight children, an equal number of grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. She has spent her entire life engaging in social issues, dating back to the Civil Rights struggles in her home state, and …
FOOTPRINTS
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand : one belonging to him, and the other to the Lord. When the last scene of his …