The Voice Calling You Home by Jane O'Shea
Take off your muddied work coat toiling so hard to make yourself something else Stop shouting for the knocking to finish you need simply...
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Ethan Pollock
Dec 8, 20221 min read
Clearing by Martha Postlethwaite
Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there...
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Lucy Chan
Dec 8, 20221 min read
When I Am Among the Trees - Mary Oliver
When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such...
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Ethan Pollock
Dec 8, 20221 min read
A Morning Offering - John O’Donohue
I bless the night that nourished my heart To set the ghosts of longing free Into the flow and figure of dream That went to harvest from...
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Lucy Chan
Nov 11, 20221 min read
To be beautiful means to be yourself by Thich Nhat Hanh
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus...
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Lucy Chan
Nov 4, 20221 min read
Compassion with Equanimity phrases from Mindful Self-Compassion training
Everyone is on their own life journey. I am not the cause of this person’s suffering, nor is it entirely within my power to make it go...
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Lucy Chan
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Blessing by John O'Donohue
On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind...
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Lucy Chan
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Birdwings by Rumi
Your grief for what you’ve lost lifts a mirror up to where you are bravely working. Expecting the worst, you look, and instead, here’s...
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Lucy Chan
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Stand Still by David Wagoner
Stand Still by David Wagoner The trees before you and the bushes beside you are not lost. Wherever you are is a place called Here, And...
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Lucy Chan
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Quote by Lao Tzu
Do you have the patience to wait Until your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving Until the right action arises by...
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Lucy Chan
Sep 20, 20222 min read
This is a Poem about Perfectionism by Ginelle Testa
This is a poem about perfectionism. Grows in proportion to my reaction to it. Looms in size, threatening to consume my fingers and my...
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Lucy Chan
Sep 20, 20221 min read
Perfectionism by Elizabeth Gilbert
Perfectionism is just fear in high heels and a mink coat trying to be fancy. - Elizabeth Gilbert
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Ethan Pollock
Sep 6, 20221 min read
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,...
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Lucy Chan
Jul 11, 20221 min read
I Will Not Die an Unlived Life by Dawna Markova
I will not die an unlived life I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to...
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Lucy Chan
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Poem by Nayyirah Waheed
“and i said to my body. softly. ‘i want to be your friend.’ it took a long breath. and replied ‘i have been waiting my whole life for...
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Lucy Chan
Jun 28, 20221 min read
"Let it be." by Jon Kabat-Zinn
When people say "Let it go," what they really mean is "Get over it," and that's not a helpful thing to say. It's not a matter of letting...
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Ethan Pollock
Jun 28, 20221 min read
Just for Now, by Danna Faulds
Just for now, Without asking how, Let yourself sink into stillness. Just for now, lay down the weight You so patiently bear upon your...
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Lucy Chan
Jun 27, 20221 min read
Holding On and Letting Go by Erin Hanson
I was the type of person, That held onto things too tight, Unable to release my grip, When it no longer felt right, And although it gave...
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Lucy Chan
May 8, 20221 min read
Our True Heritage by Thich Nhat Hanh
The cosmos is filled with precious gems. I want to offer a handful of them to you this morning. Each moment you are alive is a gem,...
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Lucy Chan
May 8, 20221 min read
The Unbroken by Rashani Réa
There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken, a shatteredness out of which blooms the unshatterable. There is a sorrow beyond...
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