The Courage to Stand Still
Blade of grass
When fear swells inside,look down and seespring’s first blade of grass,defiantly, lovingly green.
Read MoreMorning story
On this sleepy morning of nothingnesswhen I count every needle on the hemlock tree,a woodpecker lands in its alivenessand I wake up.
Read MoreQuestions of wonder
Let me grow down againand allow the simplequestions of wonderto fill my open heart.
Read MoreBlind to paradise
How easy it is to lowerour minds and fail to noticethe sun through the trees. Blind to paradise, we seekit in places away from hereand far from now. And so we wonderwhy happiness slipsthrough our grasping hands. Then one day we wake upand laugh at how readilywe missed what’s here.
Read MoreMoon
I like to step outinto the dark of nightwhere only the moonis watching.
Read MoreCan never reach
It takes stillness and trustto remember our greatesttruth is buried deep inside uswhere the noise of the worldcan never reach.
Read MoreGlad resignation
Still morning before snowstormwhen there’s nothing to dobut wait and accept.
Read MoreRays
Simply waitingfor the first rays of heavento peep throughthe cracks in thought.
Read MoreAllow it in
Isn’t it ironic, he said,that the easiest wayto mend what ails usis to quietly relaxand allow it in.
Read MoreThe empty place
Why does the worldinsist on rattling me?On poking me?On dazzling me?When truth`is found in the empty placewhere everything is.
Read MoreUn-decision
I will chooselike it doesn’treally matter.
Read MoreEver-decreasing circles
Perhaps the secretis to travelin ever-decreasing circlesuntil we returnto the centreof our selves?
Read MoreTurkey
Turkey feet form perfect arrowsin the snow. You can follow them,if you wish, on their wandering path.Pointing somewhere,going somewhere else.Walking in desire.
Read MoreWhere do we go?
Where do we gowhen life’s glitter fades,when we can eat and drink no more,when we’re done talking and laughing? We go to stillness,where joy lives.
Read MoreGlass, the great liar
Glass, the great liar,pretending to give us the world,but opaque to the truth in the air.
Read MoreInstead listen
I won’t try to change the worldbut insteadlistenand let the worldtell me howit is.
Read MorePry open
Do I dare quiet myselfand let wonderpry openmy heartto the world?
Read MoreLittle green comet
Little green cometdilute my troublesin the truth of time.
Read MoreThe wild part of me
The wild part of me is alsothe soft part of me.There are no claws, no teeth, no blood.Instead, an opening, a melting, a loving.A letting in and a giving out.
Read MoreI looked up, finally
I looked up…
Read MoreFill
Joy is…
Read MoreHe sat down and asked
He sat down and asked…
Read MoreThe journeys we go on
Stop taking the long way round to happiness…
Read MoreYou’ll find the answers
You’ll find the answers in…
Read MoreIndividual
The sparrow is singing…
Read MoreReset
So much is solved…
Read MoreThe stopped clock
They say a stopped clock is right…
Read MoreAnd I laugh
Sometimes, on the heavy days…
Read MorePriorities
If we don’t have time to hear the birds…
Read MoreSee inside
Sometimes our muddy minds…
Read MorePatience
Moon reflects in still water…
Read MoreLeaf cycle
I take refuge in the trees…
Read MoreQuestions
Never deny questions…
Read MoreOn mattering
When you’re quiet, said Bird…
Read MoreEarth part
Walk slowly…
Read MorePetrichor now
Even highway rain…
Read MoreIn a village square
I will sit on a chair…
Read MoreTake it outside
Lost in thought…
Read MoreThe urgency of stillness
Spend five minutes…
Read MoreIn praise of lingering
And then he realized there was nowhere…
Read MoreFind
Find that sacred…
Read MoreLast time
May I love you completely…
Read MoreSpeech
I could say many beautiful things…
Read MoreStillness, a home
Stillness—a home…
Read MoreEmbrace
What if we could embrace the world…
Read MorePerfectly flawed
With all my faults and mistakes…
Read MoreLoss
There’s a you-shaped hole inside me…
Read MoreStill there
Finally I remember you in stillness…
Read MoreLove speaks
Love, said Bird, speaks loudlywith its quiet voice. When you’rebusy talking or thinking, you can’thear it. But if you’re still, love tellstruth so bravely you hear nothing else.
Read MoreWindow
Today I throw open the windows…
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