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Category Archives: The Now
growth spurts
the rain has stopped, and the grass grows tall, and if you look carefully – the lawn is sprouting ears and tails! We are growing together, but we are not all growing the same way…
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Tagged art, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, growing, growings, hidden, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, kittens, love, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tall grass, unmowed lawns
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Dragons!
There be DRAGONS!!! just small ones, whose fiery red throats show the heat of their passion…. of course they are invasive! did you not notice that they are dragons? but then again, we are GIANTS…..
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, balance, brown lizard, cuban anole, De la Sagra's anole, dragons, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ecology, giants, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, invasive species, mysticism, nature, perspectives, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e
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surprise
the storm had let up, the winds had stopped, i opened the door and in someone hopped – one never nose who you might meet – so be prepared to always be sweet.
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, children's poem, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, frogs, funny poem, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, nature, poetic humor, poetry, poodle, poodles, radical hospitality, rainstorms, sumi-i, surprises, tropical rainstorms, water color painting
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surface tension
the water was bright cold swooshing up from some deep clear place… have you ever had the feeling that something was nibbling away at you, but you just couldn’t put your finger on it? the sun was bright hot, shining … Continue reading
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Tagged cold water, contemplation, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, fish bite, florida springs, gratitude, holy, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, meditation, mysticism, natural springs, nature, perfection, poetry, sacred, Salt Springs, small fish, spirituality, sumi-e, sun, swimming with fishes, tao, zen
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Pillow talk
even the tiniest of us snores. Love has many sounds.
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Tagged dog snoring, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, love sounds, nature, papillion mix, poetry, security, snores, snoring, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, tiny dog, toy dog, zen
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all ears
sometimes, we all need someone to listen to us, which means, all of us sometimes have to listen.
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Tagged active listening, animal assisted chaplaincy, deep listening, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, sacred listening, spirituality, sumi-e
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heart to heart
in those moments when there are no words.. our Hearts can do the talking.
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, calico cats, cats, comfort, comfort cat, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, heart to heart, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, spiritual companionship, spirituality, sumi-e
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BIG green frog
today i moved mountains – or at least it felt like it.. and as i turned over one of them, a brilliant green frog of unusual size just sat there watching. finally he said, “………………………………………!” and hopped away. . Mountain? … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, frogs, grass, green tree frog, hard work, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, moving mountains, mysticism, nature, path, physical labor, poetry, spiritual labor, spiritual work, spirituality, sumi-e, zazen
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Royalty
i had a visit from the Queen today. She did not care that i forgot to bow – or that i had no feathers in my hair – She was simply grateful for the banquet i had accidentally prepared… and … Continue reading
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