So many questions I’ve been carrying in my heart for days: How can we all flourish at the same time, each in our own way? When will the well-being of being alive, become the starting point of worldwide personal and mutual conversations? When did we forget that life is alive? In each one of us… […]
The Harmony of Hearts
Every morning we greet JR on our way to Ah Cacao. He sells tour packages to people wanting adventures. One day he approached us and said, hey, I want you to know that I don’t see you as money, I see you as real and we all smiled. Each day it’s a sweet sharing or […]
Unraveling
As one creation ends another begins. As I unravel the wool sweaters of gardening, what’s left are the continuous threads of life ready to be woven into a new garment of warmth and wisdom . With no beginning or end, I have only one moment at a time to discover and re-discover, over and over […]
The Originality of Life
A landscape of human life appears and reveals itself in the depth and lightness of colour, offering awareness of its dimension. Beings and babies born in this space between awakening, into a new geometry of perception. Just looking. Just breathing Just noticing moment by moment. With a lifetime of situations, contemplations, dispositions, relationships, and responsibilities, […]
Metamorphosis
We live in a world of energy. Energy fills us from the sun. The wind, the full moon, exchanging words with another, nutrition, the movements of the stars, the movement of our bodies are all exchanges and experiences of some form of energy. In the world of the stars, when someone speaks about Mercury going […]
The Power of Trespassing
Experiences in life are never one dimensional. They are complex and multi-layered. They can seem simple, yet behind simplicity lies a network of understandings and misunderstandings. We were accosted on a street we frequent, buying a few supplies. Two women tried to bar us from leaving a store, appearing out of nowhere, physically grabbing […]
Bringing Dignity to the Ordinary
This morning I felt like Rick Mercer walking down the graffiti alley of rants. Rants, for me, are moments when things and thoughts have accumulated to a point where they come out of one’s mouth as a kind of hip hop litany. Between the verses, I said to Rod that I felt like I was […]