Deep within Gaia, mother of creation, existence is defined as it unfolds.
Every moment is evolution with disturbances here and there, within countries and powers— misunderstandings.
Then consciousness rises within the earth and human, bubbles over, and rocks the peoples of the land.
Powers shift in the skies and in the soil and it is the trees that inform us— show us who they are in their agency with hundreds of years standing tall and firm.
We allow them to teach us that which is true power, as we move our life into wholeness, beauty, and peace.
Rather than rules of engagement or proper etiquette: not stealing, not harming, nor hurting, we search within for that which guides us.
Found within our own hearts, we allow wisdom to usher us. We trust and know— we are one with the mother of creation, in kindness, in caring, and in love.
We ran in fear. We towed the line. As consciousness rises we stand in truth of who we are, no longer choosing from what is hidden in shadow, no longer following blindly in darkness, we rise to heart’s bidding— the All, unfolding before us, that calls us to live in simplicity and love, as we learn to believe, what is good for all is good for me.
(Image: From the One World Series, We All Belong by Janis Dehler)
“The main tenet of design thinking is empathy for the people you’re trying to design for. Leadership is exactly the same thing – building empathy for the people that you’re entrusted to help.”
-David M. Kelley
“Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.”
-Margaret Mead
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
Goldfinch perched on the deck railing
gazes at the space where the red feeder
used to hang. Avian flu sweeps through
taking great numbers in wake.
We pull back our feeders creating
social distance in the flock—
all the colors of life
greeting us each morning and evening
with songs and chatter
as we smile and go about our day.
Pandemic, war, economic uncertainty,
food instability, wildlife illness,
all challenging our faith and
belief in the world as we know it.
All the ways we have accepted
the way things are rather
than the way things could be.
The way we have learned
rather than the way of the heart.
Three friends at lunch table
challenge ourselves to talk about
something light and positive. We try.
We drift back. As painful
as our world is right now
we commit to look and feel
then turn to where we find hope.
Everything changes.
Not clinging to the pain
but letting it move through.
Not holding to our fear but
breathing it out.
Like the small yellow bird, we
sit in the present as a future unfolds.
With hearts and minds open
we take the seat of consciousness
and understanding.
We find connection to
compassion and love.
“The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.”
Erich Fromm
“In these times, in these uncertain times, I will remain open to the miracle that is each moment.”
Jacquie Godden
“I find myself in the time between selves.”
Alla Bozarth-Campbell
On Going Resource List
The Gene Keys: Emracing Your Higher Purpose by Riuchard Rudd
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Inform Us by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Energy Speaks: Messages from Spirit on Living, Loving, and Awakening by Lee Harris
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create an New One by Dr. Joe Dispenza
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Cosmogenesis: An Unveiling of the Expanding Universe by Brian Thomas Swimme
The Mastery of Love, Don Miguel Ruiz
Change Your Thoughts—Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao, by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, by Mirabai Starr
The Four Agreements: A Toltec Book of Wisdom by Don Miguel Ruiz
Mindfulness and Grief by Heather Stang
How We Live Is How We Die by Pema Chödron
The Bhagavad Gita, Translated by Eknath Easwaran
St Francis of Assisi: Brother of Creation by Mirabai Starr
Wild Wisdom Edited by Neil Douglas-Klotz
Earth Prayers From Around The World, Ed by Elizabeth Roberts & Elias Amidon
The Tao of Relationships by Ray Grigg
Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom by John O’Donohue
Unconditional Love and Forgiveness by Edith R. Stauffer, Ph.D.
Keep Going: The Art of Perseverance by Joseph M. Marshall III
Art & Fear by David Bayless & Ted Orland
Quantum-Touch by Richard Gordon
The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Persons Path Through Depression by Eric Maisel, PhD
The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit
Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith by Kathleen Norris
Forever Ours: Real Stories of Immortality and Living by Janis Amatuzio
Personal Power Through Awareness by Sanaya Roman
Violence & Compassion by His Holiness the Dahlai Lama
Teachings on Love by Thich Nhat Hanh
Devotions by Mary Oliver
To Bless the Space Between Us by John O’Donohue
Meditations From the Mat by Rolf Gates and Katrina Kenison
The House of Belonging: poems by David Whyte
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness, by Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit
Soul an Archaeology Edited by Phil Cousineau
A Path With Heart by Jack Kornfield
Listening Point by Sigurd Olson
I Sit Listening to the Wind by Judith Duerk
Dancing Moons by Nancy Wood
The Soul of Rumi, Translations by Coleman Barks
Keep Going by Joseph M. Marshall III
Arriving at your own Door by Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
The Hidden Secrets of Water by Paolo Consigli
Conquest of Mind by Eknath Easwaran
Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay
Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t) by Brene Brown
Practicing Peace in Times of War by Pema Chodron
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
On Death and Dying by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Unattended Sorrow by Stephen Levine
Joy in Loving, Mother Theresa
The Joy of Living by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Let Your LIfe Speak by Parker Palmer
Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Essence of the Upanishads by Eknath Easwaran
Welcoming the Unwelcome by Pema Chodron
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Medicine Cards: The Discovery of Power Through The Ways Of Animals by Jamie Sams and David Carson
