(with Gratitude)

New Website

2010-04-08T14:11:00.000-07:00

This has moved to

www.heartcurrents.com

Bear with me on this.

2008-12-26T02:23:00.001-08:00

one fallen flower
returning to the branch --
oh no! a white butterfly

Moritake

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Winter gratitude
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Green gratitude

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Purple gratitude.
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Ocean gratitude
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Norton Sound, 1985

Bears along the beach

Swamps of purple irises

Wild memories call

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.Source of image:

http://g991956.stumbleupon.com/

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Last night as I was sleeping

2008-12-08T20:09:00.000-08:00

Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt - marvellous error! --
that a spring was breaking
out in my heart
I said: Along which secret aqueduct
Oh water, are you coming to me,
water of a new life
that I have never drunk?

Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt - marvellous error! --
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures.

Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt - marvellous error! --
that a fiery sun was giving
light inside my heart.
It was fiery because I felt,
warmth as from a hearth,
and sun because it gave light
and brought tears to my eyes.

Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt - marvellous error! -
That it was God I had
here inside my heart.

-- Antonio Machado, translated by Robert Bly
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Image based on:
http://www.virginmedia.com/digital/science/space/solarflares.php?ssid=2
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2008-12-06T23:56:00.000-08:00

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blossoms opening

and my grateful heart, too

impossibly wide

http://butwait.blogspot.com/2008/04/haiku-gratitude.html

source of image

http://www.catchycolors.blogspot.com/

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2008-12-05T03:00:00.000-08:00

Simple Gifts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwH6-QmvM5c

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where you ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain'd,
To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come round right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Gifts

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2008-12-04T03:06:00.000-08:00

(A Taoist Meditation Prayer)

Close you Eyes
and you will see clearly,

Cease to Listen
and you will hear truth,

Be Silent
and your heart will sing,

Seek no Contacts
and you will find union,

Be Still
and you will move forward on the tide of spirit,

Be Gentle
and you will achieve no strength,

Be Patient
and you will achieve all things,

Be Humble
and you will remain entire.

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Source:
http://www.gentletouch.co.uk/poems/Poems2.htm
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Source of image:
Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Common Spotted Orchid)
http://www.juzaphoto.com/eng/galleries/flora-orchids_of_italy.htm

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2008-12-03T02:28:00.000-08:00

May we discover through pain and torment,

the strength to live with grace and humor.

May we discover through doubt and anguish,

the strength to live with dignity and holiness.

May we discover through suffering and fear,

the strength to move toward healing.

May it come to pass that we be restored to health and to vigor.

May Life grant us wellness of body, spirit, and mind.

And if this cannot be so,

may we find in this transformation and passage

moments of meaning,

opportunities for love

and the deep and gracious calm that comes

when we allow ourselves to move on.

- Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro

http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Prayer/Archive.aspx?q=healing

Source of Image:

http://www.mobot.org/events/orchidshow/annualorchidshow.asp