We have to take it all just as it is! We cannot throw any of it away–or run away from any of it! We have to square up to it as well as we are able. Jesus said it well! “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. And no one comes to theContinue reading “June 21, 2026 – B”
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June 21, 2026
There is a solace in the pathos of aging and cognitive decline. In the pathos of life. Solace and a sense of the sublime side of being alive. What a wonder it all is. To experience the IS-NESS of living. The sadness, and madness, and horror, and joy, and delight–the IS-NESS and the ALL-NESS ofContinue reading “June 21, 2026”
June 20, 2026
How do things need to be here, now? How do we know? Take inventory? Consult the Silence? Check our email? Wait to see? I like easing into the day. Letting the day arrive slowly, at its own pace. Little by little. Giving it room to be what it needs to be. Without plans and agendas,Continue reading “June 20, 2026”
June 19, 2026 – B
I am dealing with cognitive decline which shows itself in forgetting things I am supposed to know, like the name of one of our daughters, which I can remember by thinking of the name of another of our daughters, but forgetting how to get home from the auto dealership after getting an oil change isContinue reading “June 19, 2026 – B”
June 19, 2026
I am taken by the solitude that abounds in the world. Every scene conceals and reveals elements of solitude. And where do the lines lie between solitude and aloneness, between aloneness and loneliness? And the cure for loneliness is solitude according to Marianne Moore. What we have here is a circle of perception/perspective, and howContinue reading “June 19, 2026”
June 18, 2026 – B
The less we care about what happens, when, where and how, the smoother our life goes. The more we care, the more complicated/complex/trouble things are. The way to smooth and easy is to have no opinion about, nothing at stake in, any outcome. The moon, for instance, doesn’t give a damn about anything anywhere andContinue reading “June 18, 2026 – B”
June 18, 2026
Trump in the White House means the South Won the Civl War. How are we going to recover from that? How do we get back to “Liberty and Justice for All”? How are we going to get back to who we were when Lincoln was President before the White Supremacists killed him? How do weContinue reading “June 18, 2026”
June 17, 2026
Doing what is called for situation by situation, moment by moment, when where and how it is called for, doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right place, in the right way, throughout eternity is taking care of business the way business needs to be taken care of–but it does not takeContinue reading “June 17, 2026”
June 16, 2026 – B
My childhood friend, Eddie Stanton, was killed in an airplane crash when he was 27. That was 55 years ago. For 55 years I have felt what a shame that is. And what a loss, mostly for him, for all he has missed. And it rankles me to this day. His death is one ofContinue reading “June 16, 2026 – B”
June 16, 2026
It is up to us to make of it what we will and to do with it as we will, “it” being what greets us on arrival. It is a common mistake to rush to judgment, wondering, “Is this all there is?” Sitting with it, open to it, brings different aspects into awareness. The Yin/YangContinue reading “June 16, 2026”
June 15, 2026 – B
I do not believe in the God of theology. Why would I? Even the theologians tell you you have to “take it on faith” what they tell you. Means they are making it up–or worse, telling you to take on faith what someone else told them to take on faith. “Faith” is nothing more thanContinue reading “June 15, 2026 – B”
June 15, 2026
Diversion, distraction, denial, addiction help us pass the time. The Buddha called it “Peaceful abiding, here, now.” Being still and quiet, seeing what emptiness, stillness and silence have to offer. Contemplating what’s called for and what needs to be done about it where, when and how, doing the right thing, at the right time, inContinue reading “June 15, 2026”