I Am the Life

"I Am the Life"

I am the life

conceived in the mind of God,

birthed in the heart of God,

lived by the grace of God.

I am the life

given never earned,

lived when self dies,

found when not sought.

I am the life

that's a surprise,

yet the life meant for you.

Open your eyes

and you'll find me.

I'm here all the time,

finding you.

From the poem "I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life"

by Geoff Anderson.

Spring Flowers

A haiku by Matsuo Basho:

Under the image of Buddha

all these spring flowers

seem a little tiresome.

Coming into the Presence

The Peace of Wild Things

by Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,

I go and lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax their lives with forethought

of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. For a time

I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

From The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry. Copyright 1998. We were graciously granted permission to reprint this poem in our book We Thank You, God, for These: Blessings and Prayers for Family Pets.

The Right Path?

"Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere, but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life."

--Carlos Castaneda, 1925-1998, The Teachings of Don Juan

A question to ask myself every day....

\Il\ One, Origin

"You are what you choose" by Ilchi Lee

"Never forget that you have the power to choose anything. Recover that power. Then nothing in this world can torment you. All you have to do is live according to your choices. You are what you choose."

\Mahn\ Ten Thousand, Myriad, Infinite

"Every blooming flower is beautiful" by Ilchi Lee

"The reason you can see beauty in every being is because you see the unchanging One in a multitude of forms."

A Pathless Land

"I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect."

--Jiddu Krishnamurti, 1895-1986, speech dissolving the Order of the Star (1929)

"In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself."

--Krishnamurti