This is great advice from the Lorax one of Dr. Seuss’ characters. We each need to care and that can begin to make all the difference in the world.
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This beautiful poem came into my reader the other day. What gifts and lessons do we receive and accept each day from the love of the Universe?
The path of the dark sage
Is not for all
It is a gift for those that heed the call
Those that have fallen and lost it all
Alone in the darkness and the light too
Deep inside they find what is true
Love that dwells inside of you
Dark sage walks the path alone
Turning over every stone
Not to care about a home
All of space and time to roam
The gift the lessons and the prize
Is the love of the Universe
The beautiful ride
Not living in selfish pride
The earth and the heavens
His beautiful bride
As he turns the tattered page
Embracing the gift
The dark sage
It took me a while to get to reading posts and sharing. This blog showed up a couple of days ago and it carries a powerful message. Two Chilean scientist, Maturana and Varela, postulated love is genetically hard-wired into us and it is necessary for us to survive. Vaclav Havel suggested it begins with me this change we wish for the world. It begins with me within my community.
I think more about creativity and what it means. I also wonder when creativity eludes me what that means. I need the time to sit and be quiet. It is in those moments that creativity finds her way back, but I only notice if I am present and fully aware. All my senses act in this welcome return.
Creativity
Trying to break through this void
Where words elude me
She has left my side before
Returning in her own time
~
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
The importance of being a good listener and speaker often goes unnoticed. We need to be fully present in both cases to welcome others into our moment and presence. Thank you to Russ at A Grateful Man for re-blogging first and bring this beautiful sentiment from Misifusa to me.
Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you.
Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you.
I love to feel like I can make a difference in someone else’s day and I love when my day is changed for the better by someone else, don’t you? I think the central piece that we forget sometimes is that we are all connected and in reconnecting with others through our conversations, it elevates our vibrations and makes for a significant change for the better. Does this make sense to you?
Hold close in your heart those with whom you speak who lift you up.
I was blessed to spend some quality time with my sister AAngel on Sunday morning. We shared some coffee time before our households emerged from their sleepy cocoons. It’s rare that we have any time to ourselves to just connect…
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This beautiful poem reminded me of Mary Oliver’s poetry. We are asked eloquent questions; questions without answers. Part of the beauty of life is the hole in the whole; the things I cannot answer but enjoy for that very reason. “What was there before there was nothing?” What a beautiful question. I am glad I cannot answer it.
This a short, but incredibly important message. In the world of busyness, where and when do we find the time to just be?
Seek Moments of Solitude (via www.jonathanhilton.com)
It’s Tough To Find Quiet Today As our society has evolved to produce more and more entertainment for people to enjoy, the moments available for actual individual, creative thought have become few and far between. I know that personally, there were times where I was entertained during every moment…
This is a stunning photo with a beautiful poem. The word wonder instead of wander really made me wonder.
Dark Desert Grassland — Image by kenne
I am the desert trail
wondering
through dark grasslands
alone
but not lonely
clothed
with gladness
embraced
by the
mountain ranges
I separate
providing
a sandy channel
for mountain rains
to wash
the desert soul
never
to be wash away.
— kenne
I woke up at 5:00 and one of the first things I did was look out the window. We have a winter storm warning with up to 10 cm (3 inches) of snow expected today. Winter feels like it began in October of 2011 and not October 2012. It has been long. So, “Will Spring please stand up?”
Spring needs assertiveness training.
She hints, and hems and haws,
but the thaws don’t come.
Snow piles high and
a world wonders-
will the real
Spring
please
stand
up?
It is incredible what I hear when I close my eyes and listen.
I closed my eyes and listened
To the hum of million sleeping minds
To the tiresome sonata of crickets and frogs
To the crack of the parting moon and sun
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Teacher as Transformer 