Painting The Sky

March 11, 2012

The body will again become restless Until your soul paints all its beauty Upon the sky. Don’t tell me, dear ones, That what Hafiz says is not true, For when the heart tastes its glorious destiny And you awake to our constant need For your love God’s lute will beg For your Hands. – The […]

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Higher Love

February 26, 2012

I’ve heard it told that fate is what befalls you and destiny is what you make of it.  When a friend of mine was abducted at knifepoint, her first reaction was to scream in terror. It was only when she thought of love for her daughter that the calm took over her heart. Her assailant […]

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Enter The Holy Land

February 13, 2012

The edge of her voice cracked and gave way to a stifled sob. This was cancer my sister was coping with, a cancer that had taken hold of her husband’s body. I held the other end of the phone line and folded on my knees in prayer. A strange quality of light that brought everything […]

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Déjà Vu in the Zen Garden

February 3, 2012

Some would say it was synchronicity. Others might even call the moment a miracle. A chance meeting between my cousin Jackie and Barbara took place a week before my arrival in south Florida. A glance between them across a neighborhood cafe seeded what soon would become a friendship shared with me.  It was a sweet serendipity […]

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Thirteen Grandmothers

January 21, 2012

Did you know there are thirteen indigenous Grandmothers meeting in sacred ceremony to pray for the healing of earth and humanity? They have gathered every six months since 2004 in each others’ homelands, uniting in fulfillment of ancient prophecy. These women of native wisdom come from all corners and continents of the world. Each was […]

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Destiny Made Visible

January 6, 2012

“Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you…This turning toward what you deeply love saves you.” – RUMI, from “A Voice through the Door” 2012 is the year of prophecy long foretold. Out of chaos, order will be born. Just as the new seedling bursts through the earth into the animal and mineral […]

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Tender Moments Under The Tree

December 26, 2011

The Christmas tree has always tantalized me. As a young child living in a bustling household with six siblings, I craved quiet. In those silent hours after bed time, I would sneak with caution to sit beneath the tinseled tree in stillness. Those precious moments spent staring at the glorious spectacle of a living tree […]

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All I want for Christmas is Rest

December 16, 2011

Do you find the holidays often set a frenetic pace? When pondering how to savor the season amidst the acceleration of activity, I came upon the following quote in “A Grateful Heart,” by M.J. Ryan: “Even if heaven and earth turn upside down, it does not mean that they are not at rest, and even […]

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Stop “Should-ing”

December 3, 2011

One month into my shoulder surgery recovery, my daughter told me to stop “should-ing” on myself. Somehow this new slang snuck into the vernacular of generation X. The phrase is clearly a play on a common cuss but I looked deeper and noticed the word “should” and the world “shoulder” are not far apart. Could […]

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Technology Takes a Turn

November 22, 2011

In my last post, I talked about technology taking time from my life and my fervent need to unplug. You could say I cast a disparaging eye on the devices that tether us to our daily tasks. One week into my recovery, I woke to a gift from the World Wide Web. Ancestry.com, the mammoth […]

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