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Tag Archives: grief
Love looks on…
we come into your hearts. we grow up, until we are so full… we must shed our skins…. we grow on, until there is only one heart beating… the other heart must travel onward becoming the messenger of Love, leaving … Continue reading
Posted in Animal assisted therapy, Dao Dogs, God's dog, grief, loss, mourning, pet loss, therapy dog, zen dog
Tagged AAA, AAE, aat, bereavement, Black Lab, dog, dogs, dogs in the classroom, dogs visiting in nursing homes, faith, gratitude, grief, interspecies spirituality, labrador retriever, love, pet loss, poetry, therapy dog, wisdom of grief
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cicadia rhythms
Quick! Come look! A magical bug! ah! you are transparent and iridescent – as if You are both transcendence and eminence reminding us of the many layers we outgrow, the many shells we shed til we can fly – reminding … Continue reading
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged art, blessings, bugs, change, cicadas, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, grief, growth, insects, interspecies spirituality, iridescent, love, nature, poetry, recovery, releasing the past, spirituality, sumi-e, transcendence, transformation
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kindling fires
In the shadows, you may feel all is darkness. if you feel your fire has gone out, it has not, Everywhere are reminders of Love. Look gently into someone’s eyes, let their light rekindle your own.
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged black cat, cat, cats, depression, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, Eyes of Godde, Godde's eyes, grief, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, poetry, sadness, shadow work, spirituality, sumi-e
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observations
i sit and watch, and you sit and watch. we are all looking and seeking. no matter where you are, or what you are doing, some bunny’s always watching… is it You?
Posted in Bunny Blessings & Rabbit Roamings
Tagged bunnies, bunny, company, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, grief, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, loss, love, nature, poetry, rabbit, rabbit on the moon, rabbits, shamanism, spirituality, sumi-e
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my father’s chair
there is a poodle in my father’s chair taking comfort there.. a Springfield song runs thru my head as tears stream down my face. and i too find comfort there.
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, comfort, dog, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, grief, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, My Father's Chair, nature, over stuffed chair, poetry, poodles, Rick Springfield, solace, spirituality, standard poodle, sumi-e
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Remembering
Posted in The Now
Tagged animals, art, grief, human with cat in chair, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, loss, love, mourning, spirituality, sumi-e, wisdom of grief
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Baby cats
from in front of a bus rescued. love is like that. now they say we are sisters with out mothers yet we are still loved, and always will be.
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged animals, art, cat, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, grief, hit by a bus, love, nature, poetry, rescued kittens, Siamese cat, siamese mix kittens, sisters, spirituality, sumi-e
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Nose ledge
please stop telling me you don’t know, as if that was some how better. than saying, i will see, or find, or seek it out or teach me. or simply, i am here.
Posted in Dao Dogs, The Now, zen dog
Tagged bereavement, eco-spirituality, ecospirituality, empathy, family loss, grief, inter-species spirituality, loss, love, pet loss, sumi-e, sympathy
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Cacophany
Can’t you hear that? no. Really, you can’t hear that? really,….no. All those birds! Such a song! now i can hear them, but I can not sing along.
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, blessings, depression, eco-spirituality, full moon, grief, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, mice, nature, poetry, recovery, spirituality, sumi-e, two mice
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new directions
Bunny watches, curious. i am out of paper. pottery shards stand the tests of time… learning new skills tests me – following the compass of my heart i leap and love. ( i will get fired up later….)
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, bunny, ceramic shards, eco-spirituality, glaze tests, grief, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, mourning, nature, poetry, rabbit, shamanism, spirituality, sumi-e
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