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Monthly Archives: January 2016
JUMP!
sometimes the trouble is not that things are to hard, but that you have underestimated how far you can go!
prayers
sometimes, all you need to do is ask.
Posted in God's dog, Gratitudes
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, ask and it is given, ask and it shall be given, canine body language, dogs, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, manners, mysticism, nature, please, poetry, seek, spirituality, standard poodles, sumi-e
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Pondering
it may seem like i go from here to there without a care, wandering, lost in thought. but i am simply pondering the possibilities.
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art meditation, attention, chihuahua mix, dog, focus, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, meditation, nature, not all who wander are lost, papillion cross, papillion mix, poetry, pondering, possibilities, self reflection, spirituality, sumi-e, toy dogs
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Comfort
i didn’t know where You were, I searched and searched. and when I found you? I thought You were dead! but then You peed – all over my comforter……. what a relief! for You and me. i never thought i … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, black cat, blessings, cat, cat pees the bed, comfort, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, laundry, love, nature, nursing a sick cat, poetry, recovery, sick cat, spirituality, sumi-e
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Fences
there is a saying that good fences make good neighbors but i am not so sure that is true, i think that fences make it very hard to see You… and that can make it hard to make friends.
messages
the crow soars above, laughing , cawing – why fly over me? why not stop and stay? i say, calling. silly! why not join me!
flight patterns
in the daylight of the full moon morn. the sun bright in my eye, i still see You. May we all soar in Love, each with our own flight paths,
Posted in The Now
Tagged bird, birding, birds, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, egrets, faith, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, morning, mysticism, nature, no regrets, poetry, shamanism, snowy egrets, spirituality, sumi-e, sun and moon together, wisdom
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Life Blinks
the cat in the sink is sick. and i, who profess no fear of death, am scared of loss and shame. what can i do to save this soul – where lies the fault and blame? he looks at me … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animal mysticism, belonging, cat, cat eyes, cat vomit, eco-spirituality, faith, fear of death, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, loss, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, shame, sick cat, spiritual lessons, spirituality, sumi-e
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Contemplatives
i jump out of bed. under my foot is a dead lizard…. it was not my foot fall that took this life, though had he been alive it surely would have. he was the gift of an unhappy cat – … Continue reading
Posted in God's dog, The Now
Tagged chihuahua mix, dog, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, gratitude, ink brush painting, interspirituality, love, mysticism, nature, papillion mix, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, sweet gum tree
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