Love brought me to this moment

here

now

with you

I see you through Love’s eyes

whole and holy

I know this flowing and fleeting occasion

is a blessing

for us to know Love

I know love

I know its soft center

like the shyness of a child

waking from a dream

I know love

the bold strokes of truth

when no one wants to speak

in honest sentences

I am blessed to know love

and drink its life-giving nectar

which nourishes every cell of my being

filling me with light and goodness

I know love

because I have faced the darkness

and did not succumb

I sit still 

steady as a mountain
 
as the winds 

of my expectations toss and turn me 

like fallen leaves

I sit still

steady as a mountain 

as the fear 

about the future twists and turns me

like balls of tangled yarn

I sit still

steady as a mountain 

as confusion all around me 

shakes and shivers me

like sudden earthquakes


I sit still 

and steady as a mountain 



St David AZ 

Right now.

Stop the internal war fueled by your terror.

Peaceful influence does not mean acceptance of tyranny.

Hold steady in the face of ignorance that wields the wheels of power.

Hold steady in the truth of goodness, kindness, and love.

Hold steady in your heart’s capacity for love.

Make pie, make art, make community with your peaceful presence.

(2017 pie making with grandkid)

in this morning of sunshine and bird song

I choose to look up

although my heart feels pulled down

with the weight of current events

I choose to hang on to the truth of love

its steady pulse deep within me

doing its mission of kindness

a hug, a smile, and an invitation to look up with me

(Night Blooming Cereus – taken 2015 SDP)