A Military Coup I make the choice daily to be the Queen of “my castle” aka my feelings, my heart and my mind. It requires great effort because there are lots of defensive soldiers who guard my castle. I…
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The tears of little girls No longer stream down my face; My wrinkles absorb them They dissolve without a trace. Once audible sobs Are now stifled in my chest By lungs which squelch them With mindful, controlled breaths. Their…
I often find myself in what some consider to be strange places. “Strange” as in places they’ve never heard of before. The truth is I have often never heard of the places I visit either until I find myself…
One of the blessings I cherish most in my life is having the ability to observe nature unimpeded by the constraints of time. The similarities between human behavior and those of flora and fauna are many and I suppose…
Second full day of Vipassana (silent meditation retreat) Wat Suan Mokkh, Chaiya, Surat Thani, Thailand I arrive at the post lunch sitting meditation session in the main meditation hall a few minutes early although in absence of a clock…
What use have we for the concept of heaven if we can have peace every day? What use have we for the concept of hell when we do not have fear? It is quite possible that both places exist but perhaps they…
Love my heart Until it expands and grows wings So that I may find myself floating And dangling puppet-like from your string Bruise my heart Until my blood rises, boils and thins Until the black and blue Is both…
It was an exceptionally dark night in the jungle. It was the rainy season and although there were a million stars in the sky, nary a one could be seen from the forest floor on account of the dense…
“I wish I was there with you…” is an oft-uttered phrase. I propose that we stop believing in wishes and instead believe in thoughts that become words that become actions that become reality. Let us create our realities by…
Fear does not seem strong enough a word to describe the widespread yet subversive, intense and prolific paranoia that lives in most of us. We unwittingly spread the poison, the highly contagious and deadly virus that lives in our…