“As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning.” ~ Criss Jami The heart is a source. It is a source of power and light. This source that we have beating deep within our bodies is more powerful than we give credit. It allows us to feel, to love, grow and […]
“She smiled and said with an ecstatic air: “It shines like a little diamond”, “What does?” “This moment. It is round, it hangs in empty space like a little diamond; I am eternal.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre, The Age of Reason Worlds away, far gone, beyond that which is knowable. Words to describe the soul, or […]
“Do you think a society is good, or that people are good? We are only as good as the artists and writers can make us appear.” ~ Anonymous It’s difficult for me to sit back and say nothing about the events of the past few days in Paris, France. But as the bloodshed continues headlining […]
“The Art of Living Well and The Art of Dying Well are One.” ~ Epicurus Here we are again… The end becomes the beginning, and the beginning is heralded by the end. The cycle of one Gregorian year culminates here in the sphere of circles; the great precession of seasons ends and begins here; here […]
“Your redemption is at the gate of your conscience. You have been granted the power of a choice.” ~ Todd D. Boddy On Christmas day I was given the gift of a silver crucifix by my mother. This is why…. You may be wondering what this is all about. What will be different? What does […]
“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”~ Anita Desai I’m often reminded of the places I’ve lived, visited. I revisit them in my mind, through the stories they’ve written upon my life and the experience they’ve imparted in my heart. I can’t help but to think how a certain place leaves its […]
People are more connected to each other than they could possibly imagine. According to people who count the heads on this sphere, apparently over eight billion human beings–people–are living and breathing, waking and feeling, suffering and loving on this little blue sphere of ours; billions of sentient creatures all scurrying about, staking their claims on […]
“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” ~ Augustine of Hippo I often think about traveling, moving. The destination, whether here or there, makes little difference. The reason is simple. This reason dwells upon wanting to move, to have motion; a motion of life.. an active involvement […]
“The true genius shudders at incompleteness — imperfection — and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said.” ~ Edgar Allen Poe The quiet ones are known to the world. These silent wayfarers keeping to their own, walking in harmony and disharmony. My world is quiet, though loud […]
“They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming.” ~ Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha I saw a picture of the above photo the other day as a social media post. I stopped and stared at it for […]