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Category Archives: The Now
Scared
Her whole world came crashing down. She was in a new home now. Her person, the one who took her everywhere, Started to go nowhere… She just stayed in bed… Until she couldn’t even do that anymore… And now this … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged adopted, animal assisted chaplaincy, death, dogs and elderly, eco-chaplaincy, eco-spirituality, grief, hope, hospice, ink brush painting, light, maltese, poetry, recovery, rehomed, spirituality, sumi-e, trauma
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Bones
We all seem to have bones to pick these days… Some we pick up, some we pick at… Some we share… . The little dog took the big dog’s bone, Then a dog friend came over, and took the big … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, Big DOgs, bones, brush painting, chewing, dog, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., faith, friends, friendship, ink brush meditation, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, Liz Teal, love, marrow, mysticism, nature, peace, poetry, sacred activism, SBNR, sharing, spirituality, sumi-e, toy dogs
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Gifts
A childhood you Long since abandoned… Lost to corners or perhaps under a sofa…. Who keeps score or house? A tiny paw pries open the past.. The memories flood … from out of who knows where, A tiny paw captures … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, art, brush painting, cat paw, cats, childhood, Elizabeth Teal., freedom, gratitude, growing up, love, meditation, parenting, poetry, Pokémon, pokeball, spirituality, sumi-e, toys
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Fire of life
Bright red, like flora feathers.. They burst forth reaching for the light… And they are filled with tiny green frogs! We are born of fire and water, air and earth.
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Tagged amaranth, amaranthus, blessings, earth, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, fire flowers, gardening, green frogs, ink brush painting, interspirituality, mysticism, nature, painting, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tree frogs, tree of life, water color
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Up and down
The grass grows up, The rain comes down, The little dog runs all around.
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Tagged blessings, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., grass, growing, growth, ink brush painting, little, Liz Teal, meditation, nature, papillion mix, papillon, poetry, rain, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, toy dogs
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Tiny moments
In a tiny moment, On a small piece of paper, Light and shadow, Sit together. As do i with You.
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, brush painting, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., enlightenment, faith, grace, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, mindfulness, mysticism, nature, poetry, religion, shamanism, spiritual direction, spirituality, sumi-e, theology, wisdom, zen
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Breakfast
The cat poured onto the table Like the milk Poured over the cereal… Like Love pours over the world….
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, blessings, breakfast, brush painting, cat, cats, cereal, Elizabeth Teal., hope, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, Liz Teal, love, meditation, milk, Ministry of Animals, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e
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Zazen
There in the yard …. While I sat, You sat. I tried not to stare, You made no such effort.
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Tagged bird of prey, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., hawk, hawk medicine, hawk sitting, ink, Liz Teal, meditation, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, zazen
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Rise or set
Moment to moment all around the globe Sunrises and sunsets, The dark leaps forward, As does The ever present light.
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Tagged art, black cat, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, ink, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, watercolor
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