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Tag Archives: butterfly
Sip
Take a deep sip of beauty Every Day
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, beauty, blessings, butterfly, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, meditation, mysticism, nature, poetry, rose, spirituality, sumi-e, yellow butterfly
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Black
A butterfly with wings of shining ebony Flittered down beside A collie with fur of shining ebony Sun glinted of nature’s beauty Reminding us all To give thanks
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, beauty, blessings, butterfly, collie, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e
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Shadows and change
Overwhelmed I look down A small blue flower at my feet Is filled with the shadow of a small orange fritillary. . No matter our size We all have shadows the grace of a bright sun Can be a spot … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, blessings, butterfly, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., faith, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, meditation, mystic, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e
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Pathway
silver strands crossed the path. ephemera shimmering in the light trapped me. the butterfly glided effortlessly between gossamer threads And showed me the way.
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Tagged art, butterfly, daily practice, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., faith, ink brush painting, Liz Teal, love, meditation, morning, nature, poem, poetry, spiderweb, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, the way, walk, zen
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The spider drops down beside Her, (No Miss Muffet am I) Dangling there from her hair She watches , Hoping not to get bit. As the lawn fills with crows. Who knows what any of these means? A zebra long … Continue reading
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Tagged butterfly, crows, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, meditation, nature, poem, poetry, sacred, shamanic, shamanism, Spanish needle, spider, spirituality, sumi-e, zebra long wings
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Goo
All day today the garden was filled with encouragement. No one really talks to you about the time in between caterpillar and butterfly … Cocooned. Sounds nice, safe, even cozy. In reality, You are goo. And that is ok. Patience. … Continue reading
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Tagged brush painting, butterfly, caterpillars, cocoons, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, flight, goo, growing, hope, illustration, Liz Teal, nature, poetry, positivity, self actualization, self-help, spirituality, sumi-e
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Lean
Listening to stories of transformation, Identifying with the caterpillar dissolving into goo, Longing for chrysalis so no one has to watch…. wondering if I even want wings…. And then I i hear “imaginal cells” start to communicate and create The … Continue reading
Presence/Presents
The dew was still on the leaves, And Into my sight You flew. The gifts of transformation are all around us, always. Receive them with Grace.
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Tagged art, butterfly, daily practice, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., faith, gifts, gratitude, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspirituality, Liz Teal, meditation, mindfulness, nature, nature is my religion, poetry, presence, spirituality, sumi-e, The Holy
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OpeningÂ
We mustn’t forget, even on the cloudiest of days, We are meant to bloom, To transform, To fly. And in our remembering we can see the truth of the present moments… The edges of sunlight around the clouds, The full … Continue reading
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