learn yourself what makes you happy and what you do in that happiness what makes you sad and what you do with that sadness what makes you angry and where that anger lives within you what brings you peace and what you do with that peace what makes you smile and what your smile […]
Poetry
Remember (#BlogElul 13)
remember that thing that happened and how it made you feel and what was said and what was done and what was unsaid and what was undone and who was there and who was absent and who was there without really being there and who was absent without really being absent and what came […]
Forgive (#BlogElul 12)
Forgive yourself forgive others forgive God forgive the universe forgive the past forgive the present forgive the future if you believe there is something that needs to be forgiven. But also know that everything that you’ve done, everything that has happened to you, whether human, divine, or self-afflicted, has already been transformed into something other […]
Observe
Another installation of #BlogElul I. Observe yourself Observe judgment welling up inside of you Observe judgment indiscriminately condemning any and all Observe its false sense of rightness and insight Observe the hardening effect in your ribcage as it locks the windows of your heart. II. Observe yourself Observe fear washing over you Observe fear […]
Hear
I continue to try and engage the themes of #BlogElul. Today’s topic: HEAR. I. Hear a baby crying Hear a baby laughing Hear a child whispering Hear a child speaking Hear a child singing Hear a woman talking Hear a woman praying Hear a man walking Hear a man coughing Hear feet shifting Hear a […]
Choose life
The Torah teaches, “Choose life…” Choose life. Choose blessing. Choose laughter. Choose openness to change. Choose fearlessness. Choose spaciousness. Choose loving-kindness. Choose walking. Choose dancing. Choose listening. Choose quieting. Choose responding. Choose awakening. Choose seeing. Choose breathing. Choose compassion. Choose community. Choose learning. Choose honesty. Choose equanimity. Choose love. Choose life.