Tuesday, December 28, 2010

enjoy! ~

looking back ~




these were taken from the car on our drive to nova scotia from out west...

Friday, December 24, 2010

peace as a turning ~

This week I have been grappling with the wind. These last several days the wind has been relentless, blowing fiercely all day and all night. I found that everything rose up in me in resistance to it, or maybe I should say, everything I am in resistance to rose up in me. I raged at the wind and the wind raged right back. I was running against the wind in more ways than one.

And then today it seemed quieter. The wind though still strong had died down a bit, was no longer gusting or howling. I decided to go out for a long walk along the shore. I watched the waves hit the rocks and then rise up like big beings only to suddenly fall back down again. I walked into the face of a north east wind.

On my way home, I had the wind behind me and was being pushed along. The words from the Irish blessing came to mind: may the wind be always at your back. All at once these words made sense not just conceptually, but reverberated throughout my body as a physical truth.

Yes, may I go forward with ease, may the road rise up to meet you. When I experience resistance of any kind I can always change my direction, and have the wind at my back, even in the most imperceptible way.

And so in my battle with the wind this week I came to a deeper understanding of peace. Peace as an action. Peace as a turning. Peace as a choice to turn toward what is, and a turning away from inner and outer resistance. Peace as a turning of the face towards the sun. A turning of the other cheek.


*words in italics from an irish blessing

Monday, December 20, 2010

peace on earth ~



david bowie and bing crosby

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Monday, December 13, 2010

gusting winds ~

I was just contemplating whether or not to brave the weather and go out for a walk when I heard on the radio that winds were gusting to 99km/hour in our neighbourhood. Come to think of it the trees do seem to be swirling around and about. Think I'll hold off for awhile.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

the places that scare you ~

If we look for that soft, unguarded place, we always find it.

Pema Chodron - from The Places That Scare You

Friday, December 10, 2010

an old buoy ~

I was amazed at how much the old paint was like lichen.

transitioning ~


it seems like effort is needed to move from one dimension to the next...but once there maybe less exertion is required.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

keep walking your path ~

even if it sometimes feels like a long hard slog...

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

love ~

is what is left when you let everything go...

erich schiffmann

Thursday, December 2, 2010

how do i love thee bob ~


let me count the ways...!
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