Deep Listening

Deep Listening

To listen is to love in silence,a gift given without reply—a space where words can rest,where breaths slow and sighs linger. Empathy extends an open hand,asking nothing, accepting all.It hears not only the voicebut the quiet truth beneath it. In this stillness, we...
Prayer Review

Prayer Review

Prayer Review It is humbling to look back on the prayers I have made, only to see where I may have failed to take direct action and help Spirit fulfill these prayers. In these moments there are feelings of failure and guilt and of not being enough of service to what...
In Council with the Sun

In Council with the Sun

In Council with the Sun The wind takes us Over the waves Over the horizon To sit in council with the sun Who has not-quite arrived And together conceive Then birth the day ahead This is my Journey– Nate Long “Owl”
Alice and Danny: 1938

Alice and Danny: 1938

Alice and Danny – 1938 : You do remain upon this earth, within me, within family The birdbath is still as active as ever And the kitchen still retains the smell of biscuits and coffee Oh… that “Whoop! Whoop” as a card hand is played As your eyes...
Casting the Longest Shadows

Casting the Longest Shadows

Casting the Longest Shadows : Here is a blessing for a new light coming to this world Casting the longest shadows With mouths open wide in a year-ending yawn. Here comes the wool and the flannel That beckons for rest Within a chilly world where Mother Bear in her...
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