Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Currents

"There is, even now, a rising flood of love. 
It will move anything that tries to impede it."
I draw this thought close wrapping it around myself.
We are seeing it happen...driven by so many small, 
unheralded acts of kindness and compassion.

"When I can't hear the flood of love,
that's when I know it is up to me to share
love so someone else hears the currents I'm listening for."
So many of us sharing our love in a myriad of ways
that others can't help but hear the currents.
Can't help but feel the waves and be moved by them.

"Together we make unstoppable waves--how they roar."
May we continue to create little whirlpools and see them grow
and expand becoming the mighty thunderous flood of love 
that will move anything standing in its way.
Namaste



 

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Love Big

Some of us love big....quietly, 
some of us love with heaps of complaining.
Every time I read this, I think what a gift it is
to know that loving doesn't always feel 
intoxicatingly wonderful.
Sometimes it can feel heavy and almost unbearable.
That's when the whole hearted part kicks in 
and you love anyway.
You stay and love through the hard, hard parts.
That's the wonder of it, isn't it?
It's intricate and inscrutable.
Thank you for your big love.
Namaste



 

Monday, February 23, 2026

The World Asks

What are your thoughts on this?

I confess, my first response is resentment.
Why must we always be asked for more?
And who's asking for it?

Dignity?  Decency?  Goodness?
Ok, I get that. 
And I get that we have more strength than we realize.
And we do keep giving it because we are decent people.
At the same time, I wish for good people being replenished
and respected, and rewarded for all they continue to give.
That's where things become truly amazing 
because good people don't expect or request that.
They find them in the daily delights they learn to lean on
when things are hard and heavy. They find joy 
in their generosity and know how to care for themselves and each other.
That is the marvel...the magnificence.
I am so very grateful for those who answer the call for goodness
and spread their energy to others,
no matter who is making the call.
Namaste







 

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Mum Is The Word



"the members seek implicit permission not to speak,
not to answer or to answer for, not to pose
chat, persuade or expound."
Can you imagine attending such a meeting?
I know I would want to chat...at least a little bit.
How else can we get to know each other?
By facial expressions and body language?

"Minutes are read silently and tacitly approved."
Reading silently together intrigues me .
I've heard there are clubs who do this.
Everyone brings their book and they sit
together reading silently.
I would find it nearly impossible not to speak
about what I was reading.  I love the 
process of sharing with others and
hearing their thoughts...up to a point.
That's where the practice of patience is pertinent.

"Podium and gavel have been banned,
indeed are viewed as weaponry.
 A microphone? The horror."
No one "in charge"?
No facilitator to guide the proceedings?
 I'd like to think this was possible, yet
I'm having a hard time imagining it.
I can think of so many settings where
it would be catastrophic.

My favorite line:
"After the tone, listen."
And the singular, most important word,
in my view is: LISTEN.
And with that I wish you
a quiet, listening namaste.








 

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Baggage Claim

There is so much heart in this poem.

"Some of us worked harder, like your heart back then,
carried your case to Senators and secretaries,
anyone who'd listen, beating doors, spelling it out
until they let you in."
These lines choke me up...there are so many places
to direct this kind of energy, and together we
are doing it over and over and over again.
This whole poem chokes me up, over and over.

"Iran's gone dark, and you have long since vanished from the news.
4 months old then, you'd be 9 now if you'd thrived."
Things are much worse in Iran than what we are going through.

"If your heart fails yet again, and you dream of sanctuary,
any hint of a heart left in this country we once believed we knew,
you will find us next to the free lawyers in baggage claim...
our arms wide open."
Like I said earlier, this chokes me up.  
How can such an incredibly good group of citizens
 be at the mercy of such heartless leaders?
We cannot give up...we must recalibrate and
correct the wrongs being committed in our name.
We must recover from damaged hearts.
We are mighty in numbers and we are accomplishing this, together.
Namaste






 

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Maybe Death Isn't Darkness

This is so deeply mystical, I'm not sure any commentary is necessary.

"Maybe death is an energetic tide rising
& rising to meet the sacred breath of the universe."
There is something appealing about 
merging our essence with the universe.
Similar to becoming soil.

"Maybe it is what meets us 
at our deepest depth,
an inteminable silence
illuminating the body from within...
I'd like to think this might be possible while alive.

Namaste


 

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

The Flourishing To Come

I've thought of this "planting seeds in Minnesota"
many times since reading it; trying to think of ways
I can do the same here in NC.
We can see the seeds growing and thriving can't we?
Personally, I welcome them becoming invasive.
Turning the bare spots in my heart into a lush green.
Supressing weeds of hate, cruelty, and hierarchical systems.

As the time to plant seeds comes closer, or has already
risen in indoor gardens, the metaphor becomes stronger 
and even more beautiful.

"Imagine the beauty if even half these seeds take."
More and more people planting seeds of kindness,
compassion, community, ferocity....filling our
homes, landscapes, streets, alleys, industrial parks,
and business centers, with generous jewelweed, 
with open-handed oranges, with lavish lilies,
 heartwarming hepatica, bountiful blood root 
and benevolent bluets.
Wouldn't that be something?

"Imagine all that goodness reseeding,
spreading like wildflowers.
It would be like a pandemic of plenty,
an epidemic of equality.
a jungle of true justice for all.

Namaste