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

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

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

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....."

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

The Ultimate

PB & J = The ultimate comfort food!

Peace, Blessings and Joy!

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

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

Miracles

God intervenes by invitation only.

Watching Sunlight

I watched sunlight today
playing with shadows
on a white trash can
in my kitchen.

It played 'round
the passing clouds
in the morning sky,
creating moving shadows
of things which were
not moving at all.

Now .. a crisp shadow...
then a brighter beam
and the shadows blurred
as the rays curved
'round and thru the clouds,
making the shadows
dance before me
on the blank whiteness.

I watched sunlight today
playing with shadows,
and it beamed with delight.
                                          agd

If not me, then.... who?

Future

 “Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.”

― Jim Rohn 

Sometimes Memories

You know it’s coming,

But who expects it?

She came into my life

On this third leg of my life’s journey.

She walked with me,

Talked to me,

Meditated with me,

Slept with me,

Ate with me,

Her presence always expected.

And when apart,

I remembered her fully,

And often…

An Always Memory.

She grew old and weaker,

And left in a quiet moment.

Then, all I had was a memory …

Good memories,

Repented memories,

Happy memories,

Just … memories.

And the days pass,

And the months pass,

And the years fly by.

I don’t think of her as often.

She has become a Sometimes Memory.

But that’s not a bad thing.

Everything, everyone will become

A Sometimes Memory to me,

As I will to them.

That’s Life … and that’s OK.

Nothing is ever lost, really,

Nor totally forgotten.

All is recorded in the Akashic Records, God’s Heart.

At the least,

I will have been a memory to someone,

For some time,

For some thing I said or did,

Even if only a Sometimes Memory to most.

June 1, 2014

Troublemakers

Since no one really knows
anything about God,
those who think they do
are just troublemakers.

                                   --- Hafiz

Religion, for all its intent to keep humanity connected --- to one another and to God (Source of Life) --- has been the catalyst in creating violence and wars (in the name of God) throughout the centuries.

But thank God for Faith, which, in its best practice, counteracts the stupidity of religious fervor.