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Friday, December 25, 2009

Christmas

7 comments:

Brian said...: Merry Christmas M. Both your blog and your friendship are greatly appreciated. As life moves forward with both sadness and grace, here's to 2010.....; December 25, 2009 11:37 AM
My Farmhouse Kitchen said...: Merry Christmas...

Love your blog and look forward to more in the New Year....

Best,
Kary; December 25, 2009 12:08 PM
Marcy said...: You've been in my thoughts this holiday season. I hope the sorrow and sadness can be replaced with warm, sweet memories and time spent with your family.

Wishing you a Christmas full of wonder and hope.; December 25, 2009 12:23 PM
quiltcat said...: hope you have a wonderful time in NYC! best wishes for a holiday season of warmth and pleasure with quiet moments of reflection and joy.; December 25, 2009 12:53 PM
JC said...: I recently heard a bit of trivia about poinsettias that I didn't know. Did you know that all poinsettias have yellow flowers? Apparently the actual flower is that yellow part in the center. The red or white parts are leaves.; December 26, 2009 6:11 PM
Rochelle said...: JC- Good fact. I will go look at mine more closely now. Just tuning in to say the picture is beautifully shot. I have a few pics of the baby squirrels I rehab at home who are getting their morning sunbath while they sleep in a fleece filled cereal bowl. The light coming in at an angle like you have on the poinsettia really makes the picture look frame-able. The sun on these yellow-white poinsettias just make it look more luminous. Merry Christmas!; December 27, 2009 9:39 AM
Teri and the cats of Furrydance said...: Lovely photo of the poinsettias...like the color of eggnog.

May you find joy this season...; December 27, 2009 6:52 PM

Meditation on Affliction

Assailed by afflictions, we discover dharma and find the way to liberation. Thank you, evil forces!

When sorrows invade the mind, we discover dharma and find lasting happiness. Thank you, sorrows!

Through harm caused by spirits we discover dharma and find fearlessness. Thank you, ghosts and demons!

Through people's hate we discover dharma and find benefits and happiness. Thank you, those who hate us!

Through cruel adversity, we discover dharma and find the unchanging way. Thank you, adversity!

Through being impelled to by others, we discover dharma and find the essential meaning. Thank you, all who drive us on!

We dedicate our merit to you all, to repay your kindness.

— Gyalwa Longchenpa

Who Says Words With My Mouth?

All day I think about it, then at night I say it.
Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing?
I have no idea.
My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that,
and I intend to end up there.

This drunkenness began in some other tavern.
When I get back around to that place,
I'll be completely sober. Meanwhile,
I'm like a bird from another continent, sitting in this aviary.
The day is coming when I fly off,
but who is it now in my ear who hears my voice?
Who says words with my mouth?

Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul?
I cannot stop asking.
If I could taste one sip of an answer,
I could break out of this prison for drunks.
I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way.
Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.

This poetry, I never know what I'm going to say.
I don't plan it.
When I'm outside the saying of it,
I get very quiet and rarely speak at all.

— Rumi

Friday, December 25, 2009

Christmas

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