Blooming…

It’s so clear that you have to cherish everyone.

I think that’s what I get from these older black women,

every soul is to be cherished,

that every flower is to bloom.

~ Alice Walker ~

Something absolutely new…



The moment a child is born,
the mother is also born. 
She never existed before. 
The woman existed,
but the mother, never. 
A mother is
something absolutely new. 

~ Rajneesh ~

The heart breaks open…

God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open.
~ Hazrat Inayat Kahn ~

This has been a heart breaking, heart opening month or two.

Births, losses, deaths, shifts of all kinds.

I don’t really have words for it all.

I do, though, have images.

Here is what spoke to my breaking and opening heart,

as I traveled this spring.

To all those I’ve met along the way…

my profound thanks.

I carry you with me, wherever I go.

for my mother…

 

You,

who gave me life

and,

so often,

took it away.

 

You came in the night,

more beautiful,

more radiant than

my eyes

could take in.

 

In the wee hours,

you sang to me,

untying all that

binds us,

letting me go.

 

There were

no words,

not really.

Just you

and me.

 

You

opened your heart

just as

you opened

mine.

 

Cleansing us both

of the fear

that kept us

small

for so long.

 

You

let me know

it was all

for

good.

 

And now,

it is time

to spread

our

wings.

 

You

sacrificed

us

for

the world.

 

~ clg ~

Nothing is stronger…

When we’re willing to stay open, every day is full of new shifts and understandings.
So treat your heart like a baby bird, with gentle attentiveness.
Nothing is stronger than exquisite vulnerability.

~ Tinker Lindsay ~

to you, with love…

When we bring love with us, there is nowhere we cannot go, no path we cannot follow, no soul we cannot reach.

~ clg ~

You, as much as anybody…

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

~ Buddha ~

On Valentine’s Day, and every day, this is true.