more personal / less extreme Self care takes effort. It doesn’t just happen.The body and mind need to be maintained. Similar to a garden, without effort, weeds will pop up and…
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trying something new… *Click here to access this post on Substack. As a beloved member of my newsletter community (thank you, truly), you will now receive updates and subscription options from me via…
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If I could sink my teeth into the whole earthAnd actually taste it,I’d be happier for a moment…But I don’t always want to be happy.To be unhappy now and thenIs…
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My work is loving the world.Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird—equal seekers of sweetness.Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.Here the clam deep in the speckled sand. Are my…
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and other priorities …All this petty worry / while the great cloak / of the sky grows dark / and intense / round every living thing… what disturbs / and then nourishes…
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You don’t want to hear the storyof my life, and anywayI don’t want to tell it, I want to listento the enormous waterfalls of the sun.And anyway it’s the same…
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I found a good use for summer rhubarb I picked from a an organic farm outside of Paris, which I had chopped and stored in the freezer until mid-fall. Because…
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Rules for being human handed down from ancient Sanskrit:1. You will receive a body.2. You will learn lessons.3. There are no mistakes, only lessons.4. A lesson will be repeated until…
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It’s still possible amongst all the never-ending movement to hold the necessary anchorage, while having a mind for the long migration, to be ready to up and go and then…
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People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but…
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Inhalation births millions of new cells, and with exhalation, millions expire… This is the rhythm of nature; this is the four seasons in a day. The death and life of…
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When you are waking up in the morning and you aren’t even out of bed yet, even if you are running late, you could just look out and drop the story…
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