Our minds will stray, he said, but the moment
we notice that,
they’re on their
way back
home.
JDG
( with thanks to Bodhipaksa of “Wildmind” )
Category Archives: Reversed Tetractys
Let Us Bow
Mother Earth, you are us and we are thee –
mystery made
manifest.
Let us
bow.
JDG
A Question For Our Times
When more is constantly beckoning, how
can we smile,
turn, and find
rest in
less?
JDG
Waters Grown Still
I slip my moorings and let myself float,
for a time, in
waters grown
still at
last.
JDG
The Wisdom Of Asking
We think we know a lot and we do, but
it is wise to
ask if it
is all
true.
JDG
A Settling
That rain-roiled pond rests quietly now
as overhead
sun reminds
us – storms
pass.
JDG
Ever Mindful
The mind itself is not the problem. How
we use it is.
Who and what
does it
serve?
JDG
Practical Poetics
Today’s to-do list includes taxes, bills,
poetry, and
finding time
just to
be.
JDG
Snow Removal?
Lingering snow, its cold beauty gone, can’t
accept its time
has passed. It
still hangs
on.
JDG
At Seventy Five – The Saga Continues
My mind’s become so open as soon as
something enters,
it hurries
out the
door.
JDG
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