Daffodils trumpet
the ultimate triumph of
Spring as snow drifts down.
JDG
Life’s Curriculum
So many chances
to learn, yet so few of them
are ever taken.
JDG
In All The Wrong Places
So often
we look outside
when what we’re looking for
goes unnoticed
within.
JDG
After All These Years
How different
it feels
to be present
without
an agenda.
JDG
This Could Take A While
Learning
to be patient
with my own impatience,
moment by
excruciating moment.
JDG
Self Report
His cupcake grin
belied
he felt like
knives and needles
inside.
JDG
Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses…
Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke 💚
Text and image source: Earthschool Harmony http://www.earthschoolharmony.com
Flowering
That vase of yellow
daffodils lights up my day,
brings sunrise inside.
JDG
Unlike Other Creatures
Trying to make sense
of the senseless,
impossible though it may be,
has never stopped
humanity.
JDG
Amid The Busyness
An unexpected
opening is something to
savor, not something to fill.
JDG
aholdingplace 