love thursday 11.12.09 ~ freedom from want

(mijo...now sleeping on a pillow on top of the cage)

Him that I love, I wish to be free -- even from me.

~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh ~

They have graduated from confinement. The only time we lock them up is when we just can't keep them out of our plates or some other unwanted experience. They are growing up.

I am in love.

it's raining

All truth passes through three stages:
First, it is ridiculed;
Second, it is violently opposed;
And third, it is accepted as self-evident.

~Arthur Schopenhauer ~
Philosopher (1788-1860)

No ridicule, though violent oppposition must give way to self-evidence.

May the garden be green.

by daring to lose my balance i keep it

(remember how little and cute they were?)

St. Benedict tells me to run to Christ. If I stop for a moment and consider what is being asked of me here, and what is involved in the act of running, I think of how when I run I place first one foot and then the other on the ground, that I let go of my balance for a second and then immediately recover it again. It is risky, this matter of running. By daring to lose my balance I keep it.

~ Esther de Waal ~

from her book

Living with Contradiction: An Introduction to Benedictine Spirituality

In yoga standing motionless on one foot requires constant micro movements and adjustments to keep one's balance and remain motionless. Running demands that we continuously lose and regain balance, staying in constant motion. In either case, constant motion is required.

what? me worry?

So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today.

~ Matthew 6:34 ~

Ain't that the truth?

evidence

(evidence: mijo and the squirrel)

Nonviolence is an intensely active force when properly understood and used.

~ Mohandas Gandhi ~

Evidence exists in the world that peace is achievable. One of the biggest contributing factors is that no one is hungry...

...especially when going into meetings and negotiations.