READINGS In talking about Psalm 23, Cole Arthur Riley states in her book, This Here Flesh: “I find it beautiful that in the face of terror, G-d doesn’t bid us toward courage as we might pereive it. Instead, [G-d] draws us toward fear’s essential sister,…
A Point – Poetry Matters
Designed by Michele Jack
“It’s not about how successful we are right now, but what we aim at that is most important.”
~Mingyur Rinpoche, “The Easy Middle”
Present
©2022 "Labrynth, Joggins, Nova Scotia, JRobin Whiltey
Your past and your “future” collide co-exist intersect in the NOW. What does it mean to focus on now? If you choose NOW over past or future, You will be Present. ©2021 Present, JRobin Whitley All Rights Reserved
Listening to the Vine – Raspberry
Fresh Picked Berries
The raspberry vine speaks to me. The first story she told me was of her beloved Monica. Monica Pombo was from Brazil and my partner’s wife. Monica planted the raspberries, the blueberries, and blackberries so that my partner and their son would have fruit for…
Dead Dreams or Killing Dreams
Dreamscape
“We keep our vibration higher by prayer,
by kindness, by taking care of what we were given to do,
by cleaning ourselves of negative thoughts that originate within or come from others,
by cleaning with water, by humility,
by being in the real world, away from concrete and square buildings,
by speaking only that which holds truth.”[1]
~Joy Harjo in Poet Warrior