Connor, Part II

Some posts are harder than others to write.

Last week we celebrated a new soul in our family.

This week, so sadly, he died.

A soul's impact cannot 
be measured
in time. 

He is so deeply missed.

Connor Benjamin.

Fierce. Awesome. Loved.

Eternal.

Diving

Human life is very deep, and our modern dominant lifestyle is not. 

~Bo Lozoff 

I am where I am for a reason. 

I love the marvelous, mysterious, mystical and simple ways 

God breaks through thick skin and calloused heart. 

I am willing to dive beneath the surface and into the depths of Love.

Feel Good?

 

...in the very moment that your intention shifts

to a determination to “feel good”

rather than a determination of “manifest something,”

not only will you become a consistently happy person, 

but all things wanted will flow easily to you.

~Abraham

Knock, Knock

Connor Benjamin!

 
A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.
~ Carl Sandburg

 
 We interrupt your regularly scheduled bloggage 

for an appearance from Connor Benjamin.

Born on his mother's birthday.

Awesome. Fierce.  Connor.

Welcome! 

His family is so happy to finally have him here.

Naturally...

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes.

Don't resist them

- that only creates sorrow. 

Let reality be reality. 

Let things flow naturally forward 

in whatever way they like. 

~Lao-Tzu

Words

Or is that too much work, 

to think before you speak? 

For some people, it is.

 It's a lot of work. 

For all of you who want to walk a spiritual path, 

I suggest you stop and take a look 

at all the things you think 

and all the assumptions that you make...

 before you speak. 

Try some discipline 

and see if you can, 

for a whole week, 

just watch your thoughts.
~Hinono

Deception

...nothing good is ever created by deception.

Not even the smallest untruth, 

not even the most well-intended "white lie," 

will produce benefit in the long run. 

So tell your truth as soon as you know it.

Yes, yes, I know....

"But then...but then..." 

So you'll have to decide 

which of the "But then's" you want.

There will always be a "But then." 

Yet shall it be 

one you endure, 

or one you create?

If it's control you want, 

telling the truth 

puts you in total control. 

Ever think of that?
~Neale Donald Walsh

Birthday Poetry

Awesome fierce birthday poetry

from an awesome fierce friend,

written on a the eve of my illustrious day.

"Twas the night before Sixty

and all through the house,

you could hear her joints creaking,

you could hear how she groused.

With I in my forties

and her pissed at that,

she tried for hours to start a good spat.

When arose on the lawn such a clatter and squall,

I knew in a minute it was menopause, y'all."

BABY JESUS 

ON A UNICORN

SLIDING DOWN

A GLITTERY RAINBOW!!!...

It was a beautiful day.

And I experienced some beautiful

touching surprises.

Intuition

Trust your hunches.

They're usually based on facts

filed away

just below

the conscious level.

~Dr. Joyce Brothers

It's not what you look at that matters,

it's what you see.
~Henry David Thoreau

Labor Day in Spirit

It is not only prayer 

that gives God glory 

but work. 

Smiting on an anvil, 

sawing a beam, 

whitewashing a wall, 

driving horses, 

sweeping, 

scouring ... 

To go to communion worthily 

gives God great glory, 

but to take food in thankfulness and temperance 

gives Him glory too. 

To lift up the hands in prayer 

gives God glory, 

but a man 

with a dungfork in his hand, 

a woman 

with a sloppail, 

give Him glory too. 

He is so great

 that all things 

give Him glory

 if you mean they should. 

~ Gerard Manly Hopkins
(p.s. the cute guy in the photo is one of the awesome people building the new house!)