I lost quite a few external links during my six month dry spell on my blog. But a few good hearted bloggers kept me on, including Patry Francis. After all, I didn’t stop posting at all. Now after 4 months of very regular writing, I’ve regained some of the losses. Though I’ve changed the direction of my blog a bit, I’ve really only included more focus on spiritual issues. I still write poetry regularly. Today, I felt let down when I stopped by Simply Wait, the blog of Party Fancis. I had been commenting again on her blog, partially in thanks for having kept me on her links list during my dry spell. But today I noticed I had been eliminated from her blogroll. I won’t indulge my imagination as to why this happened. I know these things happen. I’m just disappointed.
Monthly Archives: November 2006
The Place of Infinite Peace
We all have the ability to know our natural state of inner-peace. It’s always there, always accessible…but not always our main state of being.
For the past few months, as Summer faded through Fall and into Winter, I have felt the pull of darkness in my spirit. This happens to me every year. I’ve written poems about it, fought it, tried to nurture it, but it always happens. Shorter days and colder temperatures dampen my spirits.
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Chamber of Peace
The phrase “chamber of peace” was coined by a friend, Orbella, during a discussion of methods and meditations on balance and spirit. We all need a place of safety and peace to which we can retreat, either from the world or, in some cases, from our own doubts and insecurities.
Amid the clutter of pots and pans
clanging in the kitchen, caked with dried
leftover soups and liver paté,
leaving rough, raw hands…
Amid brassy pitches
of out of tune bands clamoring
for attention, strident dissonances
shorting the circuits of all switches…
Despite snags and tears,
bleeding cuts and bruises
on body and skin from shards
of bitter thoughts and cares,
paralyzed by leaden fears, clogged
emotions stuck half way
up the pipes, trembling,
wheezing through the fog,
daring not to stare too long
at heavy, brown clouds,
daring not to covet their rain
for its fresh, cleansing songs…
Within these brambles,
these thorned villages
cramped along thin rails,
barely seen amid the shambles,
there resides a place,
cool and hidden, reposed
within the cacophony,
filled with grace.
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The Emperor Has No Clothes
As I left the polling place yesterday, I couldn’t help but think of it as a crime scene, Continue reading
Ted Haggard is a Test
I’ve been meaning to write a post on old fashioned virtues. I realized I didn’t know what they all were, so I looked them up. I found a beautiful site about The Virtues featuring painting and quotes for each of the 12 virtues.
They are listed as: ~ Faith ~ Honesty ~ Gratitude ~ Perseverance ~ Forgiveness ~ Patience ~ Courage ~ Respect ~ Generosity ~ Discipline ~ Compassion ~ Humility~.
The incentive to write about these came in an email from Amy of Chattering Mind, a spiritual blog from over at BeliefNet. She suggested I write something about the Ted Haggard scandal, “something compassionate, spiritual, expansive”. I shot back an email saying, “something compassionate about Ted Haggard? You think me a comedian?”
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