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Tag Archives: life
DANCE
Dance with Joy Dance with Hope. Dance with Love. Dance with Peace. Dance with Possibility. But where ever you are, whomever you are with, DANCE. (stomp, leap, twirl, sleep. repeat.)
Posted in Dao Dogs, The Now, therapy dog
Tagged dance, holidays, holly, hope, joy, life, Liz Teal, love, mixed breed dogs, painting, peace, poem, poetry, positive, possibilities, Reverend Elizabeth Teal, self actualization, sumi-e
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Clatter
i heard the sound of paws hitting the counter top… and the snuffling laps that followed. Shit, i thought, i forgot to put the pan in the sink – too hurried to wash it right away… . all dog training … Continue reading
Posted in Animal assisted therapy, Blessings, Dao Dogs, God's dog, The Now
Tagged art, big dogs and little dogs, counter surfing, dog training, dogs, equality, equity, fair, inspiration, learning, life, life with dogs, observations, pan, poem, poetry, stamps, sumi-e
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a boy’s club
Across the street the rejected roosters strut, all together on the grass none of them fighting. all getting along without violence. see peace is possible. perhaps it is us who have forgotten to see it.
Posted in The Now, Winged wisdoms
Tagged backyard chickens, chickens, chops, fighting, florida, ink, ink drawing, inspiration, life, male dominance, observations, peacae, poem, poetry, power, power of positive thinking, relationships, roosters, stamps, sumi-e, truth, wild chickens
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Mirrors and illusions
There at my elbow is a muzzle, nudging me to pay attention to the more important things in life – all is illusion, and as such, magic is real – and all is Love. art does not mimic life, … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., hand, handmade ink, illusion, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, life, Liz Teal, mirrors, mysticism, pet, poetry, real magic, rice paper, spirituality, sumi-e
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Life and death
before me on the table is a vase of dead flowers, i ponder them, there life gone, their color too – i ponder them and think of You… i take take them out – stems wet and soggy – and … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged amphibians, baby frogs, brush painting, contemplation, contemplative practice, dead flowers, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, frogs, Good Friday, grief, ink, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, joy, life, meditation, mysticism, nature, poetry, possibilities, resurrection, sadness, spirituality, vase, water color
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circus acts
sifting thru the layers of my life, i go outside, into the garden to collate and compose – and there She is – silently, gracefully, gliding on a slim branch – effortlessly She teaches me the circus arts – we … Continue reading
corners
you never know what’s around them, corners, that is… they can be full of surprises….. like life…. no path runs in a straight line.
Posted in The Now
Tagged artist, cat crouching, cats, corners, Elizabeth Teal., hope, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, life, painting, paths, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tabby cat, wisdom
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Solstice
on the longest night in the darkest corner of the yard – a bright golden orb pounced forth! a sun is born! . Hope leaps in my heart as i remember another Orange Cat who purred me to sleep and … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged darkness, death, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., hope, life, orange kitten, Orange Pekoe, purring, sumi-e, therapy cat, wheel of life, winter solstice
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fascination
be fascinated with life! (even if you don’t know what it is, or where it came from)
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged attention, calico cat, cats play, curiousity, felines, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, life, life with cats, love, sacred inquiry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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