To learn about the amazing power of prayer (no, th…

Plum Blossoms in Sepia I remember looking at the plum tree outside my window last fall at the tangle of moss-covered, leafless branches and marvelling that something that looked so dead would ever bear fruit again. I wrote this haiku to capture the moment: filled with promise plum branches rest in autumn darkness We all…

My friend, Betsy, sent me this song today and I found it very uplifting. I can relate to this except for me, it’s no shoes. When I go barefoot and let the energy of the Earth come up into me, I am transformed. I’m doing it as much as I can and only wear shoes…

Here’s a letter that was forwarded to me today. It is powerful. There is truly a spiritual solution to every problem. There is also a lot of footwork to do in the fields of despair to raise us up to a higher place. Read on… Dearest Friends Around the World, When even the President of…

“It’s not like I pine away for them when I’m not with them, ” he said. My heart would be bleeding right out of my chest right now if it didn’t feel so frozen from those apathetic words. I could be flip and say ‘his loss” but it wouldn’t be authentic. When the heart goes…

Laughing at the Word Two Only That Illumined One Who keeps Seducing the formless into form Had the charm to win my Heart. Only a Perfect One Who is always Laughing at the word Two Can make you know Of Love. This poem is by Hafiz as translated by Daniel Ladinksy in The Gift