go outside to sit
wander freely among the trees
pause in a sunbeam
let rain sprinkles tickle cheeks
see Coyote dash through the yard, a change from his usual saunter-sniff
feel the shadow from overhead brush past and look up to see soaring birds of prey
soothe, comfort, pause, rest
cherish, send love immediately, embrace beauty in whatever form it now presents itself
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Rummaging through some files this morning, I came across a draft of some talking points from a webinar I gave several years ago. These words are timely now:
“Acknowledge Grief – what we fear, what we fear we’ll lose, what we’ve already lost
Embrace Compassion – for ourselves, for others
Be a Kind Action Practitioner – takes oh-so-many forms”
Keep an eye out for tomorrow’s blog post which will contain the link to a hands-on experience you can have with these three ideas.
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see those pansies already packed in a flat,
the ones that are not even your favorite colors, that are not even evenly-apportioned, that you
hadn’t even planned to buy,
the ones that – nevertheless - seem to be calling your name?
linger no longer
plant those very ones today
and see just how glorious tomorrow morning becomes
as you stand outside bare-footed, tousle-headed, three steps out of bed, one sip before coffee:
beholding the rain-scented air and the way a maroon pansy wears its pearls of water
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that lilac bud gently shattered its protection
vulnerable yet imminently viable
raw, exposed, not yet its full lavender hue
yet willing to do what is its nature
to flourish even in the hailstorms that came repeatedly today
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