'Tell me, what is it
you plan to do
with your one wild
and
precious life?'
~ Mary Oliver.
Friday, May 06, 2016
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Capturing the beautiful everyday
It is wet and cold. A perfect day for going outside with my camera and
capturing the beauty that is all around.
Hope you saw the beauty in your day.
Jo xx
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Welcome the unexpected visitors
The Guest House.
This being human is a guest
house. Every morning
a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and attend them all:
Even if they're a crown of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture, still,
treat each guest honourably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
Meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
~ Rumi
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I love this poem. It speaks to me of compassion, gentleness and grace. It encourages me to pay attention to all the feelings and emotions that come my way. Often unpleasant, difficult and challenging feelings and emotions that are pushed away or buried deep within. These words invite me to welcome them all. Pay attention to them and seek out what they are trying to say to me, teach me or where they want to lead me. I am invited to push past the condemnation and judgement and embrace what comes. I am invited to listen and show compassion to those visitors that want to share. I am invited to welcome them, offer them hospitality and then wait for what follows.
It might be just what my soul was yearning for.
Jo xx
Friday, August 08, 2014
Friday, May 09, 2014
Sunday, May 04, 2014
Monday, April 28, 2014
Ordinary is extraordinary.
Make The Ordinary Come Alive.
Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable.
but it is a way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.
~ William Martin.
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Thursday, April 24, 2014
Friday, April 04, 2014
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Anyway.
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centred.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful,you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you.
Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.
Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it will never be enough.
Give your best anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.
~ This version is credited to Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
Some say these words were written on the wall in
Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta.
I have loved this poem for many years. Such a challenge yet so simple. Such inspiring words to live by.
Jo xx
Friday, March 28, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Poetry on a Tuesday
Mindful
Everyday
I see or hear
something
that more or less
kills me
with delight,
that leaves me
like a needle
in the haystack
of light.
It was what I was born for —
to look, to listen,
to lose myself
inside this soft world —
to instruct myself
over and over
in joy,
and acclamation.
Nor am I talking
about the exceptional,
the fearful, the dreadful,
the very extravagant —
but of the ordinary,
the common, the very drab,
the daily presentations.
Oh, good scholar,
I say to myself,
how can you help
but grow wise
with such teachings
as these —
the untrimmable light
of the world,
the ocean's shine,
the prayers that are made
out of grass?
By Mary Oliver.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Thought for the day
I hope this weekend you have some space and time to taste the beauty and miracle of our wonderful world.
Jo xx
Friday, March 14, 2014
Monday, March 10, 2014
A poem.
She Let Go
She let go
She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go.
She let go of the fear.
She let go of the judgements.
She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head.
She let go of the committee of indecision within her.
She let go of all the 'right' reasons.
Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go.
She didn't ask anyone for advice.
She didn't read a book on how to let go.
She didn't search the scriptures.
She just let go.
She let go of all the memories that held her back.
She let go of all the anxiety that kept her from moving forward.
She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.
She didn't promise to let go.
She didn't journal about it.
She didn't write the projected date in her day -timer.
She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper.
She didn't check the weather report or read her daily horoscope.
She just let go.
She didn't analyse whether she should let go.
She didn't call her friends to discuss the matter.
She didn't do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment.
She didn't call the prayer line.
She didn't utter one word.
She just let go.
No one was around when it happened.
There was no applause or congratulations.
No one thanked her or praised her.
No one noticed a thing.
Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go.
There was no effort.
There was no struggle.
It wasn't good and it wasn't bad.
It was what it was, and it is just that.
In the space of letting go, she let it all be.
A small smile came over her face.
A light breeze blew through her. And the sun and the moon shone forevermore...............
~ Rev Safire Rose
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I can't help but read this poem over and over. The beauty takes my breathe away.
Does this poem speak to you?
What is it saying to you??
Feel free to share your thoughts here in the comments or privately via email.
Jo xx
Friday, March 07, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
Friday, February 07, 2014
Friday, January 31, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Grateful
I am so grateful that my eyes are open to the beauty that is always present.
So grateful.
Jo xx
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