Taking a walkI saw
a wildflower.
Not knowing its name
I saw
its beauty only.
~
Ok-Koo Kang Grosjean
nature
there is always Light…
when the narrative is dark and foreboding, when the banner of fear is waved gathering the masses under it, and what is said divides us, denying our interdependence – look to nature to regain your balance. sit with her, resting in her silence, aligning yourself with the Way, and remember there is always Light.
sitting with stars…
when you miss the Sun
look to the Moon
when you miss the Moon
then you shall see
all of the suns
have come out to play
~j
#zen #stars #sun #moon #sky #light #nature #wisdom #balance #sittingwithstars #sittingwithstars2016
look to the sun…
“Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.” ~ Kahlil Gibran
#TheBrightSide #LookToTheLight #life #wisdom #nature #peace #JMWphotography
finding myself, I offer myself…
Sitting quietly,one minute, one hour, no matter,
finding the quiet within
I find myself again and again.
Finding myself, I offer the quiet light
to those on the street, in the office,
all around me.
To the lost and suffering beings, to the
bewildered
and questioning,
even to the bare tree with its leafless
branches filled with chirping sparrows.
~ Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara
fall in love with life…
just this sitting…
Breath. Rises and falls.
Just this sitting. There is peace.
Sun shines and birds sing.
~j
abundance…
“I see a fearless generosity in the flowers and trees, in the way birds sing out at dawn, in the steady drumming of the rain. As I grew older and found I had things to protect, I forgot. I completely forgot that I had always had enough in the first place. Now I am trying to learn this once again—total abundance, nothing begrudged.”
~ Sallie Tisdale
haiku for you ~ pillar of beauty…
Pillar of beauty
This lone pine upon the hill
Grandeur is her name
~j
beauty is waiting, love is calling…
the thing is, around every corner beauty is waiting to be seen,
anxiously calling our attention.
and love.
love is calling to be held close and to be given away.
beauty and love.
sometimes they are disguised as the wind dancing through and with the
willing, swaying trees.
sometimes they are disguised as the little ants working together in
purpose or in laughter from a good joke, or the taste of your favorite
food, or the look in your beloved’s eyes.
sometimes they are hidden in struggle and grief, pain and loss.
but they are always present.
can we see the beauty in our broken moments?
can we hold ourselves with love?
sometimes the beauty we find and the love we discover are in how we
respond to life.
we have the capacity of heart to respond to life with openness, with a
spacious quality that allows. love allows.
so we still ourselves.
becoming aware of our breath.
we listen with fresh ears.
we look deeply.
and we stay open.
everything is a miracle, every moment sacred.
~j
02.13.15
when you love, you love…
“Someone has said, ‘To be a saint is to have loved many things’ —many things —
the tree, the dog, the sky, the flowers, even the color of someone’s clothing.
You see, when you love, you love, and love extends to everything all the time and everywhere.”
~ Richard Rohr
The Metta Garden 