For the Beauty of the Earth…
For the Beauty of the Earth — this lovely hymn came to mind as I woke this morning, Earth Day, and teared up at the wonder, the splendor, the extraordinary preciousness of this Pale Blue Dot we inhabit. At a recent Suzuki Elders AGM, I heard Carl Sagan’s Blue Dot speech. You might just want to...
As long as this exists… (Happy) May Day!
As long as this exists… “As long as this exists,” I thought, “and I may live to see it, this sunshine, the cloudless skies, while this lasts, I cannot be unhappy. The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the...
Messy, sweaty, crazy, broken, whole…..LOVE
In my personal, spiritual work these days I’m paying a lot of attention to Love. Those of you who read BECOMING may remember I have had a hard time with the concept and practice of love — not knowing how and where and whether I really experience it. Love seemed so grand, and I felt...
