Who are you looking for?The artist that’s me?Lie down, be my canvas,while I mix the hues. Brown for your silken hair,red for your bright lips,green for your dancing eyes,white for your wingtips. Go where love can find you.Be the canvas of my life.Let me paint you now,until you come alive. Time to retire my palette,been […]
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The Power of Small Groups
I believe in the universal power of small groups. Small-group dynamics are useful for business teams (where I’m sure there are a lot of frameworks already in place) to common-interest groups (from knitting to Star Wars fans). I’ll be using a spiritual common interest for my examples here, but the principles apply to all small […]
Poetry Corner: Burnt Leaf
Burnt leaf, black,rocks and curlsin the flames. Remnants fractureat glowing veinsswallowed into ashes. Pale dust swirls,the wind inhales,exhales over seed. Ashes returned.Struggle emerges greeninto the sun. ©2008 Joanne Sprott
Discover Your Soul’s Longing
How do we know, really, how do we know which are our authentic longings, the voice of the soul versus illusions of emptiness needing to be filled? My friend, Jacob Nordby has said, “You see, when we begin by taking the journey into learning Who We Really Are, then we can ask that Self what it […]
Poetry Corner: Ghost Lights in the Dark
Shrouds of cloud clothdescend on the setting sun,carrying our ghosts into twilight. Drapes of night shadowsclose behind them.Shades of fear fly in,blocking the sight of love. A candle burns, its body melts,smokes the air,consumes itself. One light, small as a tearhot as a flame’s ember,banishes darknessin one stroke. Strike a light for you.I’ll strike one for me.Darkness […]
Engaging the Senses for Calm
My friend, Jean Hamilton-Fford of Conscious Life Strategies, brought this one to my attention several years ago. I have found it extremely useful in staying centered and detaching from anxiety. In this pandemic atmosphere with its jarring energies spanning the globe, it seems like a great time to bring us back to center, and to […]
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