Once, in a certain barnyard, at a certain time, there was born to a certain Mother Turkey, five little poults (baby turkeys). All the creatures of the barnyard came to the turkey pen to celebrate with Mother Turkey and to meet the new members of their community. “Oh!” they all exclaimed, “Look at them! Look […]
True Story by Terry Dobson, the first American Aikido Master Trained in Japan The train clanked and rattled through the suburbs of Tokyo on a drowsy spring after noon. Our car was comparatively empty, a few housewives and their kids, and I gazed absently at the drab houses and dusty hedgerows. At one station the […]
Love After Love The time will come when with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile to the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was yourself. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to itself, […]
The oldest references to labyrinths go back to over 3,500 years ago. Now, over three millennia later, walking the labyrinth has become an astonishingly popular form of spiritual and emotional growth and healing.
DIVINE BEAUTY is a gentle but an urgent call to awaken.
“The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come to you, care for them; learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.”
Today is your day to claim your magnificence! Know that you have a unique place on the planet and a unique contribution to make.
Maybe best not to be Chit Chat, but rather to keep our feathers in our own pillows. Ah yes, perhaps we then sleep better.
The Labyrinth
by: Ann McKirdy 09/16/2009
She opened to me
Welcome spirals of life
Each step marked by river stones
Random
Or perhaps not
Most of us (especially us men) expend an enormous amount of energy trying to appear invulnerable, strong, and in control. For many the last thing we want is to allow to our tears to be seen by others.