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Tag Archives: love
Alone
Sometimes you think you are all alone…. But really, you are the bright spot in someone’s day!
Bones
We all seem to have bones to pick these days… Some we pick up, some we pick at… Some we share… . The little dog took the big dog’s bone, Then a dog friend came over, and took the big … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, Big DOgs, bones, brush painting, chewing, dog, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., faith, friends, friendship, ink brush meditation, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, Liz Teal, love, marrow, mysticism, nature, peace, poetry, sacred activism, SBNR, sharing, spirituality, sumi-e, toy dogs
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Gifts
A childhood you Long since abandoned… Lost to corners or perhaps under a sofa…. Who keeps score or house? A tiny paw pries open the past.. The memories flood … from out of who knows where, A tiny paw captures … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, art, brush painting, cat paw, cats, childhood, Elizabeth Teal., freedom, gratitude, growing up, love, meditation, parenting, poetry, Pokémon, pokeball, spirituality, sumi-e, toys
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Tiny moments
In a tiny moment, On a small piece of paper, Light and shadow, Sit together. As do i with You.
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, brush painting, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., enlightenment, faith, grace, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, mindfulness, mysticism, nature, poetry, religion, shamanism, spiritual direction, spirituality, sumi-e, theology, wisdom, zen
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Breakfast
The cat poured onto the table Like the milk Poured over the cereal… Like Love pours over the world….
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, blessings, breakfast, brush painting, cat, cats, cereal, Elizabeth Teal., hope, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, Liz Teal, love, meditation, milk, Ministry of Animals, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e
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Rise or set
Moment to moment all around the globe Sunrises and sunsets, The dark leaps forward, As does The ever present light.
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Tagged art, black cat, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, ink, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, watercolor
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Faith,support,trust,respect
Respect is beings able to dream together, Even if you don’t dream the same dream. Trust is knowing that it is safe to dream your dreams with others. Support is others believing in your dreams, And You believing in theirs. … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, bedtime, cats and dogs sleeping together, dogs, dreams, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., faith, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, naps, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, trust, truth
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Limits of speed
Sitting in bumper to bumper traffic I pass a sign: Speed limit 70 mph I crawl along I pass another sign: Minimum speed 40 mph I continue to creep, My GPS on my phone adding time as I travel forward … Continue reading
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Tagged accidents, art, blessings, brush painting, butterflies, car, car crash, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., enlightenment, faith, fatal crash, grief, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, love, meditation, mourning, mysticism, nature, nature is my religion, poem, poetry, semi-truck, spirituality, sulfur butterflies, sumi-e, traffic, travel, truck crash, Yellow
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Light flight
The brightest yellowest being Flitted in front on me, Dashing amidst the palest purple seeds… Such bounty the world provides! Eat up every minute.
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Tagged eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., gratitude, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Lanes Island, lesser goldfinch, love, Maine summer, nature, painting, poem, poetry, small bird, spirituality, sumi-e, yellow and black bird
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