Last Modern Love of 2014

A lovely piece by Mawhood Lee.


"It never occurred to him to hide his joy."


I think I just found my intention for the new year. 

Sunday's Song

Every

"Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb.”
 


― Macrina Wiederkehr

Alash!

This morning I heard this on the radio. 
I went and crossed Robot That Does Dishes off my Christmas list. 
In it's place I put: Alash and Bela Fleck Singing Christmas Song Together. 
And then I crossed that off because it happened, and I heard it. 







Poster wrote: "This is a blend of the English Christmas carol 'What Child Is This?' and the traditional Tuvan song Dyngyldai."

As

As swimmers dare to lie face to the sky and water bears them, as hawks rest upon air and air sustains them, so would I learn to attain freefall, and float into Creator Spirit’s deep embrace, knowing no effort earns that all-surrounding grace.


--Denise Levertov

Rule of Thumbs

Wendell Castle’s 10 Adopted Rules of Thumb

1. If you’re in love with an idea, you are no judge of its beauty or value.

2. It is difficult to see the whole picture when you are inside the
frame.

3. After learning the tricks of the trade, don’t think you know the
trade.

4. We hear and apprehend what we already know.

5. The dog that stays on the porch will find no bones.

6. Never state a problem to yourself in the same terms it was brought to you.

7. If it’s offbeat or surprising, it’s probably useful.

8. If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it.

9. Don’t get too serious.

10. If you hit the bull’s eye every time, the target is too close.

If You Say It Right It Helps The Heart To Bear It

from Evidence, by Mary Oliver


The comforts
of language
are true
and deep


in a cemetery
in the South,
so many stones
and so many

so small
Sometimes
three or four
in a row.




In this instance:
Eliza May,
Occola,
Joseph.




Can you imagine
the condition
of the heart
of a mother
or a father
watching these plantings?
I cannot.
But I try.




"God taketh
his young lambs home"
is carved there.
A few words




like water
on a stone.
Cool and beautiful
like water on a stone.


for Jayla