I’m Giving Up

Today is my birthday.  As celebration (besides eating lots of cake) I have decided to give myself a special gift:  I am giving up. That’s right.  Giving up. Don’t bother trying to talk me out of it because my… Read More

The Calling

“Respond to every call that excites your spirit.”  Rumi Dammit dammit dammit!  I missed my flight.  It was a quick connection and the gates were miles apart but I still had believed that the travel angels, who work… Read More

Breezes at Dawn

The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you Don’t go back to sleep! You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep! People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the… Read More

The Shepherd

“Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder.  Help someone’s soul heal.  Walk out of your house like a shepherd.”  Rumi My much older brother (we’ll call him Clooney) owns a cabin in Montana on Duck Lake… Read More

Many Paths

“The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth.” Rumi My friend Yummy (bet… Read More

The Promised Land

“Raise your words, not your voice.  It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”  Rumi “There’s a new world somewhere, they call the promised land”.  These words have echoed in my mind, unbidden, on many occasions in the… Read More

Both Sides Now

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” Rabindranath Tagore

Tapestries

Dammit dammit dammit!  I missed my flight.  It was a quick connection and the gates were miles apart but I still had believed that the travel angels, who work so beautifully for me, would come through once again. … Read More