“I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.” — Henry David Thoreau

Not knowing when
the dawn will come
I open every
door.

—Emily Dickinson, died on this day 1896

After years of effort (and loads of grace), my hard F’s—Fight, Flight, Fawn, Freeze, Fake it, FUCK IT—are turning to soft S’s.

Stay.
Self-soothe.
Set down what isn’t yours.
Secure your alignment.
Stand your ground.
Speak your truth.
See what happens.

You think your pain & your heartbreak are unprecedented in …history….but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive. ~ James Baldwin

Bring me a wave separate from the ocean and I will show you a person separate from the universe.

If you never lost yourself you would never find yourself.

During a lifetime, each of us plays many roles in this earth drama-comedy. We focus on the joys and sorrows of each character, not noticing the peaceful awareness we are that watches all the roles being played.

WOW flashes by, gone the minute it arrives. mmmmm flows continuously below the surface, unseen and always felt.

Setting aside 'if only' for a while. Settling into 'I am, you are, we are all together.'

Each person believes they are good and those others who share the wheel are bad. Few see the light & shadow stirred into all. Round and round the blaming goes. Few step back to see the wider space within which the play revolves.

The art of living.. is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other.

It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

Instead of trading answers, let's explore the questions together with fresh eyes.

That time when Leonard Cohen was on Miami Vice.

Wishing a day of joyous celebration
to mothering in all its forms.

Holy cow, most of Europe is glowing pink right now under the aurora! foto-webcam.eu/webcam/luckner…

An incredible coronal mass ejection from the Sun with Earth for scale.

📽: NASA​/​SDO

How beautiful and epic. So on my bucket list..