Blog Topic: Inspiration
Pep Talk from Kid President
Compassion Heals All of Us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQijrruP9c4
With That Moon Language
Admit something: Everyone you see, you say to them, "Love me." Of course you do not do this out loud, otherwise someone would call the cops. Still though, think about this, this great pull in us to connect. Why not become the one who lives with a full moon in each eye...
Second Sight by David Whyte
Sometimes, you need the ocean light, and colors you've never seen before painted through an evening sky. Sometimes you need your God to be a simple invitation, not a telling word of wisdom. Sometimes you need only the first shyness that comes from being shown things...
The Journey by Mary Oliver
One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice- though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. "Mend my life!" each voice cried. But you didn't stop. You knew what...
Kindness
by Naomi Shihab Nye (written after she took a journey to Mexico) Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things. feel the future dissolve in a moment What you held in your hand. what you counted and carefully saved all this must go so you know how...
The Velveteen Rabbit
A beautiful story about loving kindness.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_m054tLKvs
Awareness
Awareness by John Astin her gaze is so constant, our every move watched with such affection, a ceaseless vigil without condition or agenda, silent, patient, unrelenting in her embrace. There is endless room in the heart of this lover, infinite space for whatever...
Unconditional by Jennifer Welwood
A lovely poem about mindfulness and overcoming resistance.... Willing to experience aloneness, I discover connection everywhere. Turning to face my fear, I meet the warrior who lives within. Opening to my loss, I gain the embrace of the universe. Surrendering into...
Just for Me
What if a poem were just for me? What if I were audience enough because I am, Because this person here is alive, is flesh, is conscious, has feelings, counts? What if this one person mattered not just for what She can do in the world But because she is part of the...