Practical Wisdom for Extraordinary Living
Three rules of work: Out of clutter find simplicity; from discord find harmony; in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. — Albert Einstein With Mercury in retrograde, pushing forward with business as usual can be difficult, if not problematic. And now, in the in the deep of Winter, I am suggesting that we adjust accordingly [...]
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Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. — Lao Tzu As the powerful perigee Moon of January wanes, we are invited to simplify and attune to the Winter’s quiet around us. Of course, if you are in [...]
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The Eight of WandsThe earth has grown old with its burden of careBut at Christmas it always is young,The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fairAnd its soul full of music breaks the air,When the song of angels is sung.– Philip Brooks Another visit from the Eight of Wands, which we’ve had several times [...]
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Except during the Great Depression, women and children have never been on our nation’s streets in significant numbers. During the 1980′s, cutbacks in benefits coupled with rapidly increasing rents and a dearth of low-income housing jeopardized the stability of all people with reduced or fixed incomes. At the same time, the number of female-headed households [...]
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Mockingbirdsby Mary Oliver This morningtwo mockingbirdsin the green fieldwere spinning and tossing the white ribbonsof their songsinto the air.I had nothing better to dothan listen.I mean thisseriously. In Greece,a long time ago,an old coupleopened their door to two strangerswho were,it soon appeared,not men at all, but gods.It is my favorite story–how the old couplehad almost [...]
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Faerie Guardians © Howard David JohnsonWhen I sound the fairy call, gather here in silent meeting,Chin to knee on the orchard wall, cooled with dew and cherries eating.Merry, merry, take a cherry, mine are sounder, mine are rounder,Mine are sweeter for the eater, when the dews fall, and you’ll be fairies all. — Emily Dickinson [...]
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Fairy Under the Flowers © by James ChristensenWithin thine eyes are dreams of mystic things,Within thy voice a subtler music ringsThan ever mortal from the keen reeds drew;Thou weav’st a web which men have callèd DeathBut Life is in the magic of thy breath. — from Madonna Natura, by Fiona Mcleod (William Sharp)Offerings for the [...]
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Cold Mountain(After Han Shan)by Colin Oliver When I came to Cold MountainI made my home among pinesat the foot of a green cliff.Yet who is here? Cold Mountain:a vacant house. Jagged peaks,white clouds and crying monkeys. 2After a shower rocks gleamand Cold Mountain from high peakdown to green border shimmers.I wander by a clear stream,watch [...]
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Manifest plainness,Embrace simplicity,Reduce selfishness,Have few desires. — Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching Today is Fat Tuesday, Mardis Gras, sometimes called Shrove Tuesday. On this day, Christians prepare for a season of purification and deprivation, in alignment with their God’s vision quest. I love what author and Wise One of Time Waverly Fitzgerald has written about how [...]
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