Animals
Migrating toward Wholeness
Lately, I’ve been contemplating wholeness. I know that wholeness is something to be desired, but what is wholeness, really? Wholeness is one of those abstract words we carelessly toss around – similar to ego or self – but when asked, it is difficult to come up with a clear definition. When I Googled the question…
Read MoreTears and Tectonics
The First Noble Truth is that life is suffering. To live, you must suffer. – Buddhist teaching. As long as we are on earth, the love that unites us will bring us suffering by our very contact with one another, because this love is the resetting of a Body of broken bones. – Thomas Merton…
Read MoreYolanda (“Jo”) on the Summit of Catalina Island
Jo came to my door one cold December night and decided to never leave. She loved to hike the hills of Catalina Island. She was feisty and funny. An angel in disguise that, once again, broke open my heart. – bp The following poem by Robinson Jeffers captures so much of my sentiment toward Jo,…
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