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“Let's hold whatever light we can--
a candle, a flashlight,
an app on our way-too-smart-phones--
whatever may be at hand
to light our way--
to light each other's way--
so we maybe may be
able to
find a way
together.”
―
a candle, a flashlight,
an app on our way-too-smart-phones--
whatever may be at hand
to light our way--
to light each other's way--
so we maybe may be
able to
find a way
together.”
―
“Moments of peace.
Moments of joy.
Moments of love and light
and laughter.
That may be all we have this year,
amidst the chaos and insanity
of this world,
and yet,
and yet,
we must take those moments where we can find them
make them
know them
be them.
It is
at least
better
that way.
Otherwise,
we're just wallowing in the darkness,
allowing the forces of chaos more power,
allowing the insanity to create
what is to come.”
―
Moments of joy.
Moments of love and light
and laughter.
That may be all we have this year,
amidst the chaos and insanity
of this world,
and yet,
and yet,
we must take those moments where we can find them
make them
know them
be them.
It is
at least
better
that way.
Otherwise,
we're just wallowing in the darkness,
allowing the forces of chaos more power,
allowing the insanity to create
what is to come.”
―
“Hypocrisy may be the acknowledgement
of how one is falling short of one's
objectives and ideal behavior
but
at other times
hypocrisy may be the acknowledgement
that one is not meeting the external standards
of the systems
and the society
where they are trying to belong,
to "fit in"
and so
may choose to hide
aspects of their truest self.
Different kind of hypocrisy.
Can you recognize the difference?
Can you feel the difference?”
―
of how one is falling short of one's
objectives and ideal behavior
but
at other times
hypocrisy may be the acknowledgement
that one is not meeting the external standards
of the systems
and the society
where they are trying to belong,
to "fit in"
and so
may choose to hide
aspects of their truest self.
Different kind of hypocrisy.
Can you recognize the difference?
Can you feel the difference?”
―
“People do tend to burrow in
for winter holidays
but then
burrowing can be as damaging
(implosion, avoidance)
as it can be cozy
(buzzword: self-care)
maybe one maybe t'other
maybe some of both.”
―
for winter holidays
but then
burrowing can be as damaging
(implosion, avoidance)
as it can be cozy
(buzzword: self-care)
maybe one maybe t'other
maybe some of both.”
―
“My heart has known so many homes
So many cherished spaces
In cities, forests, country towns,
So many different places I’ve loved.
And now,
Weary from multiple moves and moods,
Changes—thoroughly pondered
or care-lessly tossed,
Bearings precarious from selling, buying, fixing, selling—Powers used, exhausted, but not laid waste—Invested, projected,
Expectations refined and re-defined.
So many times over done
(and yes, bodies buried in backyards
and swimming under lake-still waters)
And yet none of them
—none of the places, the ghosts—
are really gone.
You see:
My heart has known so many homes
So many cherished spaces
In cities, forests, country towns
So many different places I’ve been
And loved
And shared
And left behind
Here in me—rooted deeply true.
Soul, spirit, body, heart, and mind
I carry my homes in me—
You carry your home with you.”
―
So many cherished spaces
In cities, forests, country towns,
So many different places I’ve loved.
And now,
Weary from multiple moves and moods,
Changes—thoroughly pondered
or care-lessly tossed,
Bearings precarious from selling, buying, fixing, selling—Powers used, exhausted, but not laid waste—Invested, projected,
Expectations refined and re-defined.
So many times over done
(and yes, bodies buried in backyards
and swimming under lake-still waters)
And yet none of them
—none of the places, the ghosts—
are really gone.
You see:
My heart has known so many homes
So many cherished spaces
In cities, forests, country towns
So many different places I’ve been
And loved
And shared
And left behind
Here in me—rooted deeply true.
Soul, spirit, body, heart, and mind
I carry my homes in me—
You carry your home with you.”
―
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