in for the long haul.
practice self-care and care for others during this challenging time.
this world needs authentic, open hearted, fierce bodhisattvas offering healing where destructive forces lay waste.
keep your light shining.
~j
OpenHeart
practice gratitude…
aware that the history behind “Thanksgiving” is really not something to be thankful for, especially for the indigenous American community, I instead like to call this day “Gratitude Day”…which is worthy of celebration, and available everyday.
there is so much to be grateful for.
I am grateful for family and friends both near and far.
…
I am grateful for my practice, the stillness within the chaos.
I am grateful for nature, so humble and present just by Being, pointing us to the inherent beauty of all things.
I am grateful for empathy and compassion, which break down walls and borders, both from the outside and from within our own making.
I am even grateful for the darkness, which provokes and challenges our light from within to come forth.
may it come forth.
may the gift of gratitude, the practice of gratitude, expand our ever opening hearts to a world in need. may we journey forward in that love, together.
grateful for you all. may you be happy, may you have peace, may you be free from suffering.
~j
11.23.17
be you…
be you, be love, in a world that needs it.
~j
play the long game…
keep playing the long game, bodhisattvas!
broken open…
act…
we sit, we practice. we practice with our breath, with our thoughts, with all that is in our hearts. allowing all of it to rise and fall, to arrive and pass away. in doing so, we open our hearts, we develop compassion for our own self and our own situation.but what good would it do, to end the journey there? compassion, once developed, naturally extends if we remain open.
the cushion is a great place to start, but not to stay.
go out into the world and offer your compassion through your words and actions.
~j
are we ready to love?
what are we waiting for?
in case you are wondering, now is the time to engage this life, to stand up and speak out for justice, equality and peace.we do so with empathy, compassion and courage. we do so with open hearts and steady minds rooted in meditation and contemplative practice.
we are interdependent and each of us has a role to play, a job to do, working to retain sanity and peace and to heal suffering for the benefit of all people.
~j
09.04.17
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the scene is not desolate…
take heart and take heed.
there is hope – it is found in you, it is found in me.
it is found in hearts open to empathy, in open minds, in beings tireless in their compassion and love for life.
where there is chaos, be the calm steadiness that is needed.
where there is destruction and devastation, be the healing that is needed.
where there is darkness, shine your light, in your unique and gifted way.
remember the forgotten.
stand with and for those who cannot stand on their own.
raise your voice for those without words spoken.
love those around you, stay focused, smile, and breathe.
~j
I sit…
I sit.
I breathe.
I sit with patience.
I sit with impatience.
I sit with an open heart.
sometimes begrudgingly.
I sit and let go.
over and over again.
I sit with this life as an offering.
I sit with my vow to not harm,
waiting with compassion
for the Ocean’s next wave…
~j
The Metta Garden 