photography

this shared Life…

~ jaysen ~ 3 Comments

flowers of gratitude

“Destiny itself is like a wonderful wide tapestry in which every thread is guided by an unspeakably tender hand, placed beside another thread, and held and carried by a hundred others.”
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
 
 

what have i done that i should wake with
breath filling my lungs?
what have i done that i should feel the
warm sun kiss my back,
the cool breeze tease across
my face?

what have i done that i my feet should
walk upon this earth and
feel its strong embrace,
holding each step?

what have i done to hear the
songs of birds or
see the dedicated work of
bees and ants?

to find comfort in
music?
to dream in
art?

what have i done to know friendship and
love

LOVE
in the deepest places of my heart, that
it has no choice but
to sing its song to every cell in
this body

THIS BODY
that too has been
given,
this body

THIS BODY
made of so many other little bodies in
this shared Life?

YES
this shared Life.

nothing.

it is all Gift.

~j

 

November 28, 2013
Thanksgiving & Hanukkah

letter for April 15, 2013 ~ I won’t stop loving…

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i won't stop loving...
Escondido, CA ~ ©Copyright 2012, Jaysen Matthew Waller

beautiful friends ~

sometimes there are no quick fixes or bandages to salve wounds that have etched their presence into our lives with such striking suddenness.
sometimes all we can do is sit, remember to breathe, and coax the courage to keep our hearts open.
sometimes it is all we can do to pull forth from the ground below and the sky above, with Life itself as our witness, that most valiant and sacred of mantras ~
I won’t stop loving. I won’t stop loving. I won’t stop loving.

namasté
~ j

April 15, 2013