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yes , i enjoyed it all too
great stuff Brenda and Rosemarie.. all a good read.
COLORS
The colors live
Between black and white
In a land that we
Know best by sight.
But knowing best
Isn’t everything
For colors dance
And colors sing
And colors laugh
And colors cry
Turn off the light
And colors die,
And they make you feel
Every feeling there is
From the grumpiest grump
To the fizziest fizz.
And you and you and I
Know well
Each has a taste
And each has a smell
And each has a wonderful
Story to tell."
By Mary O’Neill
From the book "Hailstones and Halibut Bones"
“One day You will take my heart completely
and make it more fiery than a dragon.
Your eyelashes will write on my heart
the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet.”
Jalāl ad-Dīn Rumi •*¨*•.¸¸• ♪ ☆
Mindful or Full Mind — by Dr. Steven Januar 24, 2018
Mindful.
Full mind.
Neither.
Both.
I'm always jumping back and forth.
One minute I'm mindful.
The next I'm a mind full of stuff.
Silly stuff.
Stuff I like.
Stuff I don't.
Judging here and there.
Likes.
Then I recognize my mind full of stuff.
And try to move back to mindful.
How?
Look at that tree.
Listen to that waterfall.
Feel my lungs filling with cool air.
Smell the cedar.
Before mindful -- full mind.
During mindful -- noticing my full mind and letting it be.
Letting it be exactly how it is and exactly how it isn't.
After mindful -- full mind.
Keep noticing.
WISE WORDS FOR OUR TIMES:
Human unity is a power that can overcome all differences of race, nationality, ideology or culture. Military leaders have aroused partial unity by means of fear, pride, anger, hate and lies. But unity can also be aroused, more fruitfully and enduringly, by love and the desire for justice.
-- Richard Gregg
ah yes , i expect that is true --1680
otherwise he be 146 !
wow
its true janice and so good to read.. but i think he must have died in 1680.
The musk is within the deer
By Dariya Sahib of Bihar
(1634 - 1780)
English version by K. N. Upadhyaya
The musk is within the deer,
But he searches for it outside in the grass
instead of searching within himself.
He runs back and forth,
Wondering where the fragrance comes from.
The fragrance is nearby,
But he knows it not.
Caught by delusion, he roams about.
So do all people wander in pilgrimages
and outer observances.
If you wish to obtain your own true Home,
Then find it by looking within yourself
and dwell therein.
The true Lord resides within this body,
Recognize Him through the manifestation of true love.
By churning this body,
And by entering within yourself,
See the manifestation of true wisdom.
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