i miss you

i miss you

this is fitting as it’s the last day of august… and august for me is my “grief” month… and I didn’t grieve as I usually do… it’s been a little bit bottled this month compared to other years… perhaps i don’t...

A day’s mumblings and chirpings

Today I am a rollercoaster Sometimes happy sometimes brimming with love Sometimes just okay sometimes like I’m a bit red raw from scrubbing with steel wool The words are not flowing out today they are dripping like a tap i am unable to write about anything much...

Married to amazement

When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was a bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it’s over, I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don’t want to...

What touched me today

* Getting my shoes absolutely soaked through from walking in the rain. * The Daily Guru’s Message of the Day: “The people I see moving through the new wave of spiritual energy over the next ten to twenty years are not the people who have a long list of...

Chasing Happiness

I had an interesting conversation with a bus friend of mine, Paris… He is a traditional Buddhist and we had a debate on happiness. He said that as a Buddhist, you sought to leave behind desire for everything, including happiness – you desire or crave for...