Living Prayer

We are given a life

The best gift we will be given

And with it the gift of love and hope

A living prayer

Let go of despair

Let go of hatred

Let go of violence

Unwrap your heart from fear

And embrace life

A living prayer

Inside The Shell

In opalescent light I sit inside

A wall around me of my own making

If I put my ear to the shell

I hear an ocean outside

A strange current on the surface

Washing over words and dreams

Photo flotsam, memory jettison

Passing ephemera of a life

Pearly surface reflecting

All superficiality spiraling away

Here, in this quiet amphitheatre

I am unshackled

From the tides of pandemonium

Quietly sustained

Within the cathedral shapes

Inside the shell

Focus words for meditation and contemplation

Integrity ~ to uphold moral and ethical standards, to remain true and complete in character.

Indomitable ~ patience, spirit, love.

Immerse ~ fully involve your inner self with indomitable love and integrity.

International Peace Day

Smile, It's International Peace Day :)

Humanity is not a state of war but a state of peace.
Peace is not a human luxury but a human necessity.

Mercy

'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' (From the Call of Matthew)

The Window

More than ever now

My life

A stained glass window

Of interconnecting facets

All I have seen

All I have felt

All I have known

How can I make sense of this kaleidoscope

Of light and shade

Am I the sum of all these parts

A patchwork cemented in time and place

Yet, when examined, it seems

I am no more than

The play of light through a window

Ripplestone ~ meditations

Imagine a calm pool, throw a small stone into the pool, watch the ripples spread out, feel your stress slip away with them.

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All stones sing their songs
Ripples in memory pools
Your heart hears it now

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Stop for a second
And hear the poem of your heart
Singing here and now

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