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Tag Archives: compassion
hopping
just after telling a friend how the little black grasshoppers here are damaging, (growing up to be giant multi-colored garden chopping devastators) i find myself in her shoes in my yard. Neither of us are very good at killing … Continue reading
soft gray cloud
there is a mist over the land, and the sky is quietly covered with soft gray clouds. i look into the trap, and there inside is also a soft gray cloud. She is small and quiet and young and very … Continue reading
ANNIVERSARY
Today is the anniversary of my fourth year of posting my daily ink brush practice blog posts. i didn’t notice. time. but i was reminded by Love and the gift of rice paper. all is gratitude. all is evolving. we … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, anniversary, compassion, daily practice, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, equity, evolutionary spirituality, evolving, gratitude, human animal bond, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, justice, love, realtionships, shamanism, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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RUDEness
i feel like i am surrounded by rudeness! everywhere – like an epidemic and now you! even as you bark at me i see your fear. and mine goes away. rudeness is in fact quite contagious. and i am feeling … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged black labs, canine body language, compassion, dog, dog aggression, dog training, eco-chaplaincy, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, labrador retriever, lack of manners, love, nature, over threshold, poetry, protection dogs, rude behavior, scared dogs, spirituality, sumi-e
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Three
three little inkspots cavort on my lawn… which is really just a field that has been mowed, no grass seed had been sown here – but it is fertile land. kittens spring up overnight – and scatter at my sight. … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged cat poetry, compassion, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, feral cats, feral kittens, have-a-heart traps, humane education, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, kittens, lawns, nature, poetry, SNR, spay neuter release, spirituality, sumi-e, TSNR
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bloodlines
‘what kind of dog is that?’ small. ‘No, really what kind if dog that?’ tiny. ‘NO, i mean what like KIND of dog is THAT? oh! i didn’t understand you, my apologies, She is a sweet dog. What Kind of … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, blood quantum, chihuahua mix, compassion, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, papillion mix, poetry, racism, rehomed dog, spirituality, sumi-e, toy dog
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Working
Observations On the road Enlighten ethical actions . Observe with Love. How do you know I am a service dog? I am working. Here.
Posted in The Now
Tagged compassion, dog training, labrador mix, person with dog, poetry, rights of access, seizure alert dogs, service dogs, sumi-e, working dogs, yellow labrador
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star gazing
they have names. because we name them. stars. fireworks. furred friends. do they name us? maybe not. we all get scared. what matters when we fall apart is that we are all a part of Love. we all get scared. the … Continue reading
unexpected joys
we all have to deal with the laws of unintended consequences. let them not be because of what we hate, let them bring unexpected joys because of what we love.
Posted in Statements of Faith, The Now, therapy dog
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, border collie, border collie cross, border collie mix, compassion, eco-spirituality, hate, hate crimes, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, joy, love, nature, non-violence, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, unintended consequences
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