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Monday, August 25, 2014

Forsooth!

Does grass compare itself
    to a tree?

Does a tree flinch at the filching of a finch ---
   or at the violent kiss of a woodpecker?

Does vermin determine
 the best place to learn in?

Does a fly sigh at the sight
   of its mate's flight?

And where does a carnation
   plan to go on vacation?

Why do humans worry
about every little thing?
It is all forgotten in a century's passing.

Live, laugh. love,
   forgive and believe you are forgiven.

And don't wander too far from  hOMe.

agd

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Do unto others

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

You are not as separate a person as you think.
We are all linked, forged from the same kiln,
connected by channels you cannot see,
but through which travel the changing energies
of human experience.

Everything, every thing, everyone, every one is connected.

Therefore, what you do unto others, 
   you are virtually doing to yourself. 
      So, be nice to yourself ---
         Be compassionate to others.

agd

Thursday, August 21, 2014

This is NOW!

This is NOW...
     
Humans invent and live "the past"
   and "the future" ---
both illusions of the mind,
but NOW is the experience
of everyone and everything.

How many species consider "tomorrow" ---
    or the "future" in any sense?

Does grass compare itself to a tree?
Does a tree flinch at the filch of a finch ---
   or at the violent kiss of a woodpecker?

When does a clam plan its day ---
   or the brainless starfish its route?

We live only in the NOW,
and no matter how much
we contemplate the past
or dream the future,
there is only NOW ---
for every one and
for everyone of us ---
all God's children, great and small.

                                                 agd

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

To Die or Not to Die....

This is an interestingly disturbing statistic (or is it?). Perhaps we are growing to take control of our destiny. Life does not end, but is transformed time and time again.

"According to the CDC, “the suicide rate among Americans 45 to 64 has jumped more than 30 percent in the last decade...Among white, upper-middle-aged men, the rate has jumped by more than 50 percent, according to the public data.” "

...."U.S. suicide deaths now outnumber deaths by automobile accident....."

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

It's raining!

Listen:
Tap, tap,
     Tappity-tap, etc.
   Myriad globes,
      conglomerates of hydrogen bonded to oxygen
         slamming into the stiff, metal roof.
Tappity-tap-tap-
     Tap-tap-tap....
The prayer wheel is still,
     but I'm listening.
                              agd

Thursday, August 7, 2014

The Ultimate

PB & J = The ultimate comfort food!

Peace, Blessings and Joy!

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Relish Life!

Every individual thing that exists  
is irrelevant, 
though we are programmed 
for self-importance. 
This is illusion. 
We are all eyes and ears 
of One reality. 
Relish the life.
                                            agd

Monday, August 4, 2014

I AM

I have been a priest
through many lives.
A priest offering prayers,
giving counsel,
playing the liturgy of faith.

I am still a priest,
always will be,
but I am not.

I see, I ponder,
I delight, I cry,
I live Life,
and only because
God desires it through me.

I am as God is.
I am.
                               agd