There are people that we become so close to that they become part of who we are. When we think of that person, we always think of the other as being inseparable. In those relationships, there is a quantum entanglement making two people and their events one over time.
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Compassion
It is an interesting process when we silently bless others. I am not sure how it helps them, but it always brings a feeling of peace and having done something worthwhile for me.
What if you extended the gift of compassion to all those you meet today by silently blessing them? This simple act will serve to acknowledge our spiritual interconnectedness. When we are able to salute the unity that binds us, we are more able to accept the journeys that each one of us is on, where all paths ultimately lead to the same universal spirit. It is only through respecting our unique differences that we may begin to affirm how interconnected we all are. Honoring this takes time, patience, and most importantly, practice. When you are able to see the value that everyone’s life has, you will find greater meaning in your own.
There is a plan for each of us, and each of us is precious. As we open our hearts more and more, we’re moved in the directions in which we are suppose to go. ~ Marianne Williamson
To start the day …. need to keep this alive!!
This is a sad situation and I am not sure what we each do as individuals, but pray and exert pressure on our politicians to consider this as more than just a political and rhetorical situation.
~~May 8, 2014~~
Updated: Tuesday, May 6, 2:55 p.m. EST
For the nearly 300 girls in northern Nigeria kidnapped by Islamic extremists, going to school was a risk worth taking. They were set to become global leaders, teachers or lawyers in a region where only 4 percent of girls complete secondary schooling.
Now, the girls, who were abducted on April 14, are reportedly set to be sold into marriage to militants for $12. Governments, nonprofits and citizen activists are scrambling to help the students, some of whom have reportedly died from snake bites and contracted illnesses, the Associated Press reports.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry offered military personnel, law enforcement officials and other experts Tuesday to help find the girls, which Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has accepted, according to Agence France-Presse. The offering comes amid global outrage that governments aren’t doing enough to…
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Silence
This is a beautiful poem and prayer to begin the day. Even when we are not outside, we can close our eyes and experience the world in mindfulness and prayerful positions.
Born into this
I have only begun reading Charles Bukowski’s poetry and he can be cynical at times. In his poetry, I find a space where I become aware of things I overlook. One thing that stands out is how we fail to communicate leading to conflict, broken relationships, and a broken world. Beginning with listening, we can hear what troubles our self and others.
Today’s Quote
Mark Twain had a great grasp of what it meant to be human and shared that with his readers. Sometimes doing the right thing is simply its own reward.
A Spring Haiku
It has been unseasonably cool and will continue to be as we get ready to go home. It is nice to have images and poetry that brings spring to us in at least metaphoric ways.
Divine Offering
Love always begins with us and moves outwards in healthy and positive ways.
Haiku 5/1/14
Things are not quite as progressed in Edmonton as they were in Spokane. Spring is still finding its way. We had a couple of very nice days, but now the forecast is for snow/rain mix this weekend. When I walked to campus and back, the daffodils had a firm hold. Here, it is still a couple of weeks away.
Daffodils and tulips
Mingling colors, fragrance-
Caterpillars climb
Afternoon on a Hill
Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote this beautiful poem which reminded me about how the greatest things are sometimes about those things which touch us, but we do not necessarily touch them. The world greets us in the form of the sun, flowers, its geology, sky, etc. We sense these things in the fullest way. They reach into us and touch us deeply in a spiritual way.
When we are present in the world, it makes the world come alive, we only need to sit, and it makes us feel fully we are part of it and not outside it.
I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.
I will look at cliffs and clouds
With quiet eyes,
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
And the grass rise.
And when lights begin to show
Up from the town,
I will mark which must be mine,
And then start down!
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Teacher as Transformer 