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Tag Archives: animal assisted chaplaincy
Gifts
no matter what you are doing, you are a gift. and i am so grateful for You! Quietly dreaming on the pillow, still you give such joy! Quietly dreaming on the pillow, still i ponder – no matter what i … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, blessings, contemplative practice, contemplatives, daily meditation practice, deep inquiry, dreaming, gift, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, joy, mindful meditation, papillion cross, papillion mix, Papillions, peace, poetry, presence, sacred dreaming, sleeping puppy, sweet dreams, toy dog, union
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Please
please, may i? just for a moment – have a moment? there is only this moment. now. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! thank you. a cookie would be nice too……..
baskets
So, they tell me never to put all my eggs in one basket…. but what about cats? What?….you see only one? I see a trinity!
visitors
she arrived in a purr, soft and homeless. white as a cloud (well on a rainy day), filled with fleas and topped with grease – purhaps from a night-time nap in a hubcap….. here is respite and love, for her … Continue reading
invisibility
even in the shadows, where you think You are invisible, you are Loved.
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, black cat, cat, cats, feral cat, ink brush painting, mysticism, nature is my religion, poetry, stray cats, sumi-e
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this little light of mine
what do you call it when you are so happy and so tired all you can do is dream… i am not ‘out like a light’ – i am still shining… i am exhaustiblelation!
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, big dog, dog, dogs, eco-spirituality, enlightenment, exhaustion, happiness, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, let your light shine, love, meditation, nature, poetry, shine, spirituality, sumi-e, this little light of mine, tired
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scraps
sometimes when you think all you have are scraps, you look up and realize you are surrounded with stars.
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, blessings, feeling poor, hope, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, poetry, poverty mindset, quilting, sacred dogs, spirituality, star stuff, sumi-e, toy dog
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Vigil light
the sun had set, and the candles were passed out. yet again. we need to be reminded, yet again. that we can always see the light reflected in each others eyes.
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, candle light vigil, Candlelight vigil, Christianity, faith, hope, human rights, humane, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, Islam, Judaism, light a candle, love, peace, poetry, religion, sacred activism, sacred light, solidarity, spirituality, sumi-e, terrorist threat, tolerance, unity, universal human rights
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family!
“Well, i’m gonna go out on a limb here, and say we’re related.” “Even if i can’t go out on a limb with you, i agree, we are family.”
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Tagged all my relations, animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, brush painting, cartoon, dog, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, interspecies spirituality, Mammals, mutuality, nature, papillion mix, Papillions, papillon, papillons, poetry, spirituality, squirrel, sumi-e, toy dog, we are all realated
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