sit

happiness is
like a butterfly
which,
when pursued,
is always beyond
our grasp,
but,
if you will sit
down quietly,
may alight
upon you.

nathaniel hawthorne

question

it is not enough
to be busy;
so are the ants.

the question is:
what are we
(am i)
busy about?

henry david thoreau

effect and cause

what will the effects
of watching people die
around the world
cause you to do?

profound whatever

you will be

patiently we wait
as you develop to perfection
we are expectant
for the day of your
majestic arrival

we’ve never met
and yet we already converse
you move and we watch
you stretch and we touch
words without sound

a flawless impression
of your creator –
every detail unique
and ultimately
one-of-a-kind

we are humbled
silenced by awe
and thankful for the gift –
if for only a moment
we can claim as our own

you are little eu
you are little me
you are little us
soon,
you will be

keep your eyes on the tree

character is like a tree
and reputation like its shadow.
the shadow is what we think of it;
the tree is the real thing.

abraham lincoln

fully alive

i will not die an unlived life.
i will not live in fear
of falling or catching fire.
i choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible,
to loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
i choose to risk my significance;
to live so that which came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom
and that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.

dawna markova

possibilities

meant to shine

"our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. it is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. we ask ourselves, "who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?" actually, who are you not to be? you are a child of god. your playing small does not serve the world. there is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. we are all meant to shine, as children do. we were born to make manifest the glory of god that is within us. it is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. as we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

marianne williamson

so big. and so simple.