Category: Inspiration
Re-membering the source from which the bounties come
My SPACIOUS friend Cary posed a question yesterday: Would we live differently if we believed this quote? “There were no formerly heroic times, and there was no formerly pure generation. There is no one here but us chickens, and so it has always been.”? Annie Dillard to which I half jokingly replied: “Some of us [...]
Reunited – an inspirating story of honesty and integrity
I am reposting this story of honesty and integrity which my friend Red Grammer just posted on his Facebook page simply because it is so heartwarming and we all need stories like this on a gloomy, cold Friday REUNITED Dear friends, you won’t believe the most amazing thing that happened to me yesterday… Some of [...]
This Is The Law: Always Be Happy
My 7 year old Juliet had this little surprise gift for me yesterday: If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?… Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of [...]
The real to-do list
You’ve seen those lists reminding you to sing, hope, laugh, smile to strangers, love — and yes indeed, as a friend on Facebook reminded me, the list should start with love. And yet, how often do we take the time to do the good work? Why, because we seem to convince ourselves somehow that it is [...]
Behold the candle
The everlasting Candle shineth in its naked glory. Behold how it hath consumed every mortal veil. O ye moth-like lovers of His light! Brave every danger, and consecrate your souls to its consuming flame. O ye that thirst after Him! Strip yourselves of every earthly affection, and hasten to embrace your Beloved. With a zest [...]
I am a musician!
“When is the best time to do things?” “Who is the most important one?” “What is the right thing to do?” These three questions posed by Leo Tolstoy in a short story published in 1885 — more than a century later adapted into a marvelous children’s book “The Three Questions” by Jon J. Muth — [...]
Radiant Acquiescence
After a few peaceful months, I am facing again a war rising… So here is some food for thought — for myself and for those who care to read: If you want to see the brave, look for those who can forgive. If you want to see the heroic, look at those who can love [...]
International Day of Children
I miss the excitement of the International Day of Children as it was widely celebrated back in Bulgaria. Here the majority of people are not even aware of it. Symbolically, even the email card my brother sent me, congratulating my little ones with the 1st of June holiday, was caught in my spam inbox. The [...]
Time to unclutter and cleanse
A dear friend sent me this presentation, and it made me reflect and share: The Principle Of Emptiness On the day of Naw Ruz, I was putting two dishes aside after having washed them, and I dropped them. One got broken, one was left intact. I thought to myself, how appropriate a metaphor — of [...]
On Earth Day
On one hand the fact that Earth Day exists is a testimony that there is a problem with the way we treat Mother Earth. One the other hand a single day is not enough — no more that having a Father’s Day is enough to appreciate fatherhood. But we need to start somewhere. My steps [...]