You can’t make an omelette without chopping a few mushrooms

making an omelette

On a sunny Sunday morning The world outside my kitchen window not yet stirring But for songbirds singing And the rustle of leaves in the breeze Chop chop chopping mushrooms The sharp chef’s blade falling falling falling On the cutting board, slices of mushroom brushed aside Readied for sizzling butter […]

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Love Came Calling

Love Came Calling

Love comes calling To visit a while   Warmth and caring Intimacy and laughter Passion and expansion   A change External … internal No matter   A rage Or wrenching goodbye Or silent slipping away   The loving is gone Yet love lingers on   Because I love the being […]

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To be, acknowledge you are

Becoming is not Being

    To be loved, love. To be forgiven, forgive. To be happy, choose happiness. To be wealthy, acknowledge the wealth you possess. To be successful, measure the love in your life, not its deeds. To end violence, offer peace. To receive, give. To be wise, live.

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Prayer Wheels

Prayer Wheels ~ Labrangsi, XIahe, China

I want to tell you a story about one of the way-points along the path of my gradual awakening. But I recall, that story has already been told.   What follows is a prose poem written while visiting Labrangsi monastery, in the town of Xiahe, China. It’s a Yellow Hat […]

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