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The complete human experience

 "Your heart is a giant cathedral. Let it open. Let it love. [Experience] the marvels and terrors of your short, mortal, precious life. [Your] soul came to this planet because she wanted the complete human experience." ~ Liz Gilbert My world quivers with questions...

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Ordinary Wonder

There are glittery pieces of brilliance that color the cement of our everyday lives.  Let us keep our arms open.   Words by Rudri Bhatt Patel Image of local wonder by me  

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Courage

May courage ripple into the world in ways that light the darkness and shift us into relationship with our own soul, with each other and with the soul of the world that so wants to be heard and honoured ~ Hope, kindness, strength and love matter right now. ~words...

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Autumn Equinox

Reflection on today's Autumn equinox ~ "Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain." ~May Sarton

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Extraordinary in the Ordinary

 There are days when I am convinced that Heaven starts already, now, in this ordinary life, just as it is, in all its incompleteness, yet, this is where Heaven starts. See within yourself, if you can find it. I walked through the field in front of the house, lots of...

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Possibilities

Recall the way you are all possibilities you can see and how you live best as an appreciator of horizons whether you reach them or not. ~David Whyte Photo from the Dawn Concert 6-7am, at the Geneva lakeside "Bains des Paquis", 21 August 2020, lesaubes.ch

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Instructions for the newborn child

You’ve come from so far Tiny creature of love Make yourself at home There are strawberries and hummingbirds There are breath-taking sunsets and crystalline waters Make sure you walk barefoot on warm sand There’s literature, and theatre And the extraordinary human...

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Beyond independence

I'm inspired by today's commemoration of Independence Day in one big land --the land where where I was born & raised, thanks to courageous grandparents -- to consider Interdependence Day for us all. Every day. Maybe these COVID times are helping us create a new...

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