Capturing Spring Along Christian IV’s Old Moat

We had it all today – sunshine, blue sky, clouds, sleet, snow and major winds. The fight is on: winter versus spring. Today spring fought a pretty good fight with peering rays of shining blasting through those gray snowy clouds. And just as soon as the wind took the clouds to make way for some [...]

Read Full Post »

Diamond in a Pearl

I read this little story through the glass counter of a jewelry store and thought it was worth sharing.
The Story of ” Diamond in a Pearl”
When an oyster swallows a grain of sand it feels the discomfort, so it begins to ease the pain by applying a coat of nacre (pearl). It is during this healing [...]

Read Full Post »

The time has come…

A Poem by by Derek Walcott
Love After Love
The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other’s welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger [...]

Read Full Post »

Shakespeare on Body & Soul

While reading a short piece on the ancient Hawaiian teaching of Ho’oponopono, I came across a reference to the following Shakespeare sonnet. It describes how the body and soul are intertwined, the body being the slave of the soul ultimately paying the price for that which the soul endures. When you take time to quietly and patiently observe [...]

Read Full Post »