Theme/Mantra: “I will seek out Joy” Reading: Happiness by Raymond Carver So early it’s still almost dark out. I’m near the window with...

Theme/Mantra: “The time of our lives is all we have.” Reading: Poem in Thanks by Thomas Lux Lord Whoever, Thank you for this air I’m...

Theme/Mantra: “There are possibilities of change within you.” Reading: There Comes the Strangest Moment by Kate Light There comes the...

Theme/Mantra: “The Sacred is found in the everyday” Reading: (just the words of the song today- over and over… read, listen to- read,...

Theme/Mantra: “The Dark night is not endless. Breathe life into this feeble heart.” Reading: When Death Comes-By Mary Oliver When death...

Theme/Mantra: “Just for a moment, let’s be still.” Reading: The Goose by Muriel Spark Do you want to know why I am alive today? I will...

Theme/Mantra: “You’ll know when it is time to go” Reading: A Joke by Aleksander Wat Bunches of carnations in a tin pitcher. Beyond the...

Theme/Mantra: “Welcome. Welcome it all without judgement.” Reading: The Guesthouse by Jalaluddin Rumi This being human is a guest house....

Theme/Mantra: “Less is more” Reading: Out Beyond Ideas by Jelaluddin Rumi Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a...

Theme/Mantra: “Life is constantly changing, and so am I. That’s okay.” Reading: The Way It Is by William Stafford There’s a thread you...

Theme/Mantra: “Be good to the people you love and love everybody alive” Reading: from I sing the Body Electric by Walt Whitman I have...

Theme/Mantra: “I have agency. I embrace my choice. I am allowed to make mistakes. I can do hard things.” Reading: The Road Not Taken by...

Theme/Mantra: “Today may I say only the words that are necessary.” Reading: The words you speak become the house you live in- by Hafiz...

Theme/Mantra: “Let me be present in the present moment” Reading: A Dark Think Inside the Day by Linda Gregg So many want to be lifted by...

Theme/Mantra: “What does my guttural voice sound like?” Reading: Witness by Denise Levertov Sometimes the mountain is hidden from me in...

Theme/Mantra: “Today I refuse to condemn myself- I will celebrate the beauty in me.” Reading: Prayer by Macrina Wiederkehr Oh God, help...

Theme/Mantra: “I am full of positive possibilities!” Reading: The Fledgling by Edna St. Vincent Millay So, art thou feathered, art thou...

Theme/Mantra: “Mercy- for myself, for you, for all of us” Reading: I Can’t Help you by Ryszard Krynicki Poor moth, I can’t help you. I...

Theme/Mantra: “All I know so far is enough” Reading: Wild Geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on...

My approach to how I live in the world has come to be embodied in three goals- (1) Cause as little unnecessary harm to myself, (2) to...