"God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your ...
Departure and Return
--edited to include full poem-- "To go forth now from all the entanglement that is ours and yet not ours, that, like the water in an old ...
Gleam
Now for a little more classical literature.... I was thinking about photography and writing the other day, how it's a process in both cases, a ...
Of Masks and Mirrors
I have been thinking about authenticity and the awesome resilience of the soul. From the time we're little, we're told how we should and should not ...
Tales of the Tower
I love fairy tales. For an adult, that may seem an odd thing to say. But I love the different perspective that a good fairy tale, or myth, ...
Lost, Found, Remembered
Summer is full of memories. Remember when the beginning of summer felt like the best thing that had ever happened in your life? Remember the ...
Where Is the Love
"We know so perfectly how to give birth to the monsters inside us, but for reasons I will never figure out, we have not the slightest clue of what to ...
Other Voices
"The animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extension of the ...
Start
Start Close In, by David Whyte Start close in, don't take the second step or the third, start with the first thing close in, the step you don't want ...
We Are Stars Searching for Light
Alise Versella is a new author I just discovered. Love this beautiful quote. I hope we all find our star-souls, however hidden they may be. And ...