Fundamentalism by Naomi Shihab Nye
Because the eye has a short shadow or it is hard to see over heads in the crowd? If everyone else seems smarter but you need your own...
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Ethan Pollock
Oct 11 min read
Rumi 1207-1273
Here is a relationship booster that is guaranteed to work: Every time your spouse or lover says something stupid make your eyes light up...
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Ethan Pollock
Sep 201 min read
The River Cannot Go Back by Kahlil Gibran
It is said that before entering the sea a river trembles with fear. She looks back at the path she has traveled, from the peaks of the...
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Ethan Pollock
Aug 131 min read
The Summers Day by Mary Oliver
Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean — the one who has flung...
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Ethan Pollock
Jul 161 min read
Jealous of a Pond by Rabia of Basra (c. 717-801)
When God said, "My hands are yours," I saw that I could heal any creature in this world; I saw that the divine beauty in each heart is...
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Ethan Pollock
Apr 22 min read
Please Call me by my True Names- Thich Nhat Hanh
Don’t say that I will depart tomorrow— even today I am still arriving. Look deeply: every second I am arriving to be a bud on a Spring...
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Ethan Pollock
Jan 251 min read
Li Bai (701-762)
You ask why I make my home in the mountain forest, and I smile, and am silent, and even my soul remains quiet: it lives in the other...
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Ethan Pollock
Jan 91 min read
Keizan Jokin
Though we find clear waters ranging to the vast blue sky of autumn, how can that compare with the hazy moon on a spring night? Some...
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Ethan Pollock
Nov 14, 20231 min read
A Great Need by Hafiz
Out Of a great need We are all holding hands And climbing. Not loving is a letting go. Listen, The terrain around here Is Far too...
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Ethan Pollock
Oct 12, 20231 min read
'Saint Francis and the Sow' By Galway Kinnell
The bud stands for all things, even for those things that don’t flower, for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing; though...
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Ethan Pollock
Jul 31, 20232 min read
The Invitation by Oriah
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s...
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Ethan Pollock
Jul 31, 20231 min read
Lost by David Wagoner
Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful...
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Ethan Pollock
Jul 31, 20232 min read
A Blessing for Beauty- John O'Donohue
May the beauty of your life become more visible to you, that you may glimpse your wild divinity. May the wonders of the earth call you...
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Ethan Pollock
Jul 31, 20231 min read
Inner Peace
If you can start the day without caffeine, If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining and...
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Ethan Pollock
Jul 14, 20231 min read
Be strong by Kabir
I said to the wanting-creature inside me: What is this river you want to cross? There are no travelers on the river-road, and no road. Do...
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Ethan Pollock
Jul 14, 20231 min read
Our Deepest Fear: Marianne Williamson
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our...
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Ethan Pollock
Jul 10, 20231 min read
Emptiness by Rumi
Whoever acts with respect will get respect. Whoever brings sweetness will be served almond cake. Good women are drawn to be with good...
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Ethan Pollock
May 8, 20231 min read
How did the Rose- Hafiz
How did the rose ever open its heart and give this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of light against its being,...
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Ethan Pollock
May 8, 20231 min read
Kneel and kiss the ground- Rumi
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical...
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Ethan Pollock
May 8, 20231 min read
Desire by Alice Walker
My desire is always the same; wherever Life deposits me: I want to stick my toe & soon my whole body into the water. I want to shake out...
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