taking a stroll in the garden with my friends christy and steve we happen upon three hummingbirds in a blueberry bush we are all giddy with delight at the sight of them buzzing about i say, “hi sweetheart” to one of the hummingbirds it flies 20 feet and dives toward my head and hovers above [...]

“Amidst the worldly comings and goings, observe how endings become beginnings.” ~ Tao Te Ching I bow down in reverence to this sweet and humble beginning of my authentically fulfilled life. I celebrate my beauty, wholeness and giftedness. I embrace my darkness, frailty and vulnerability. I know myself to be worthy, loveable and deserving. I [...]

The lotus is a flower that grows in the mud. The thicker and deeper the mud, the more beautiful the lotus blooms. ~ Zen Saying ~

My love, you win again and again; But let’s play this game of chess. I will not be trying to win, Only to surrender everything to you All to you, my love, even my body and soul. ~ Wen Ito

“Are you willing to be sponged out, erased, canceled, made nothing? If not, you will never really change.” ~ D.H. Lawrence ~

A Blessing for Beauty May the beauty of your life become more visible to you, that you may glimpse your wild divinity. May the wonders of the earth call you forth from all your small, secret prisons and set your feet free in the pastures of possibilities. May the light of dawn anoint your eyes [...]

i have found the sea, an ocean limitless. i have opened a treasury unending, its jewels blaze with the luster of a thousand thousand suns, and they blaze here, in my soul. of a sudden, without an effort of mine own, i have heard the eternal Secret i have learned to know God. here in [...]

fall into the arms you can’t see only this will save you effortless, natural, pure what is burning and true within your own heart within your inner inner? vast love bubbling joy sparkling aliveness fall into the arms you can’t see the kingdom is within no more escaping your own freedom identifying with mistaken illusion, [...]

This morning as I prepared to sit… I started to chant the samarpan …the surrender chant…I felt a pause before beginning and I heard a whisper… “you have made a complete surrender.” and tears fell and i wept through most of my sitting… and then business as usual, right? surrender and then… phone calls, work [...]

deciding everything is falling into place perfectly as long as you don’t get too picky about what you mean by place. or perfectly. ~ StoryPeople ~