When I think of the things I’ve GOT to do I feel depleted before I’m through I feel defeated with all “to do” And then I hurt instead. What I think of tasks I “SHOULD” complete I feel exhausted and not replete. I feel reluctant and get cold feet And then just stay in bed.… Continue reading No More “Should’s”
Category: Poems
Dearest Mom
Dearest Mom, Happy Mother’s Day. It’s our first one in different dimensions. The last few you’ve been on a different continent in a different part of the world. Now you are in Heaven, and I am here. And still I feel your presence, like the praying mantis that landed on my shoulder in Jerry’s… Continue reading Dearest Mom
I’ll Meet You There
As our current life situations create opportunities for reconciliation, I am inspired by, and grateful to Rumi, who said: “Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” Sending love to all and sharing my own meditation today: There is a place beyond doing and not doing, and I’ll… Continue reading I’ll Meet You There
My Song
Mary Oliver’s passed away this week, and I didn’t realize how much of what Mary had written had touched my life. I looked up many of her quotes, and she wrote “When Death Comes” which ends: “When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was… Continue reading My Song