This is good advice.
To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. ~Buddha
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Good Health
we all dance to a mysterious tune,
Einstein had a way with words that make them sound poetic.
“we all dance to a mysterious tune,
intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.”
~ Albert Einstein
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Wildness
via Wildness
Michele‘s post reminded me of poems by two of my favourite poets.
Environmentalists refer to Wendell Berry and Mary Oliver‘s poems. An educated guess is that Henry David Thoreau, who Michele quotes, informed their writing.
Wendell Berry wrote in moments of despair he “comes into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought.”
Mary Oliver ends Summer Day with the following question: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do/ with your one wild and precious life?” Paradoxically, the question is an answer to her eloquent questions about who created nature.
Nature has a way of being and providing us with lessons for life. It is in meditative moments, when we just are, we grow to understand what that can mean. We grow and value what is essential not to us, but to those who come after us.
“We do not inherit the world from our ancestors, but borrow it from our children.”
Sometimes I need…
Mary Oliver is one of my many favourite poets. Even lines from her poetry say so much. Sometimes, in a busy world, I have to remind myself to stand still and be mindful of what the world offers. Thich Nhat Hanh said we find the extraordinary in the ordinary. What do I overlook and take-for-granted?
Earth’s liquid jewelry…
John O’Donohue wrote prayers and blessings as his poetry. This is a beautiful one about beauty, loyalty, shelter, and prayer.
I place on the altar of dawn:
The quiet loyalty of breath,
The tent of thought where I shelter,
Wave of desire I am shore to
And all beauty drawn to the eye.
~John O’Donohue
**Photo via Pixabay; texts added by Natalie
the justice of eating.
The Pablo Neruda poem is a wonderful reminder that there is a jusice to food. If we share our food with others on our journey, we invite them to be our companions on the journey. The word companion means to share one’s food with others.
world food day is celebrated every year around the world on October 16th
in honor of the date of the founding of
the food and agriculture organization of the united nations in 1945.
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image credit: syrian refugee children – cbc
Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of the Poor
St. Francis holds a special place for our family. Kathy and I used the Prayer of St. Francis as part of our wedding ceremony. As well, the Prayer has been part of funerals in my family.
St. Francis is the patron saint of the poor. I think we are judged on how we help those with the least in our world. In some ways, they have the more than the billionaires and politicians who take from them daily.
The Teacher’s Prayer
I am working my way back into blogging on a daily basis. This is a wonderful poem about becoming a teacher. Children are a gift from God to teachers, parents, and grandparents.
If you are at peace you are living in the present
To live in the present is challenging. People tend to want to imagine a past that suits where they are today and create a fantastic future that cannot be achieved. Be present in this moment to live life fully.
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Teacher as Transformer 