The shift to summer
comes with many gifts. School’s out
and the rising heat
will give everyone something
different to complain about.
JDG
Advice To Self
In a world filled with
chatter, seek a quiet place
for the soul to speak.
Don’t be quick to answer. Just
open your heart; listen deep.
JDG
In And Out
I want to follow my breath, but my thoughts
lure me away
til something
in me
spots
where
I’ve gone.
I’m grateful
for that watchful
presence of which I’m mostly unaware.
JDG
Broadly Speaking
Her words, colorful and imprecise,
splashed across the canvas
of my mind, leaving behind
a masterpiece
of verbal impressionism.
JDG
Paradigms Matter
What would our world be like
if we made a paradigm shift
from “mind over matter”
to “mind befriending matter”?
JDG
So It Goes
We flounder in a sea of possibility,
afraid we’ll drown before
we reach the safe shore of certainty.
With a happy sigh, we finally land,
only to look up and see the dark clouds
of unknowing hovering even here.
JDG
Sunday reflection . . . . I just helped him cry.
Would that we were all this wise.
There was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.
Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman’s yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
“Nothing, I just helped him cry.”
~ Hafez
Text & image source: Jana Eid https://www.facebook.com/jana.eid
In The Heat Of The Moment
I was so busy
complaining about the slow
moving traffic, I
forgot to offer thanks for
my air-conditioned car.
JDG
Where The Gold Lies
After a lifetime chasing rainbows,
I finally got still enough
to hear a deep voice within
softly say “Welcome home”.
JDG
In The Scheme Of Things
Whether we’re aware or not,
the sun will rise,
the sun will set
and likewise the moon.
The earth will turn on its axis.
How humbling to be a part
of this larger picture of which
we have little awareness
and over which
we have no control.
JDG
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