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My life is finite, and therefore precious

Love this hand means accepting my circumstances, not because they are perfect but because they are mine to shape and carry, Love this hand means choosing gratit...

When the Wick Awakens

When the first flame rises, it is small enough to be discouraged, yet you’re too stubborn to accept, When the first flame rises, it doesn’t question whether the...

I Too Have Wounded

I remind myself certain offense comes like a storm—sometimes too sudden, tearing me at the chest before I can even prepare, I remind myself that mind sometimes ...

Do not Bargain with Delay

I remind myself anything worth doing becomes heavier if I wait too long to see, I remind myself a lazy spirit can poison the task before I even begin, I remind ...

A Compass, Not a Chain

I remind myself the old road is not a prison and you are not the prisoner, it’s a path worn down by others who struggled, who hoped for something who kept going...

The Medicine that Heals

I remind myself there are days when life just throws random things so absurd at me I don’t even know what kind of face to wear unconditionally, I remind myself ...

Example is Louder than Speeches

I remind myself pleasure is never free, it always leaves a shadow when it stretches too far, what you thought you wanted, I remind myself a drink too many turns...

Wisdom Don’t Need Permission

I remind myself wisdom doesn’t wear any name tag, it doesn’t need any permission to speak, I remind myself even broken words, even messy pages can still give me...

Foundations, Not Finishes

Blend in outside and stand apart within, I choose the ordinary shirt so my deeds don’t have to wrestle a costume for attention Blend in outside and stand apart ...

Who’s Soul am I Living?

To what service is my soul committed each morning and night, in the silence between my breaths and the noise of everyday To what service is my soul committed ea...

Train the Mind, not the Moment...

So I keep in mind flexibility keeps me standing when force alone cannot, there’s no promise that things will unfold in the order I hope or I the shape I plan So...

Sound Mind, Sound Motion...

Some understandings are stronger when kept until the right moment asks for them, there is such moment just before the mouth opens, when in like silence is still...

In Praise of the the Uncelebrated...

What dazzles the eye is not what nourishes the soul, they point to gold to the gleaming light of trinkets that shimmer beneath the sun What dazzles the eye is n...

The Quiet Cost of Everything Else...

Whatever comes to test me will be received without bitterness or rebellion, no gathering storm or unexpected darkness, no sudden loss or aching silence at midni...

Bills, Beliefs and Blindness

We never trust the face of a thing until its core has been tested through every filter of authenticity, we know the tricks, the tilt, the shine, the feel as we ...

Still they Cannot Harm Me

There will be no shortage of challenge and I must expect the strain of the day before it begins, when I first rise int he quiet hour before the sky begins to so...

When the World Forgets, You Remember

Hold onto simplicity with unwavering resolve even when the world tempts you with unnecessary excess, let not the weight of gold shape the heart within your ches...

The Misguided Mind...

That genuine education begins with a conscious mind, we wake up each day with thoughts that are untamed seeking a knowledge that is far and wide That genuine ed...

In the Stillness you already Own...

We search for quiet distant lands yet silence waits within, all of us wander for and wide chasing solace in the shifting sands and even flee to quiet country fi...

No Kind of Sharp Stones...

I may dream an easy journey but I know that the road is never an easy one without trials, I may wish for a path that is yet gentle and kind where no kind of sha...