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Tag Archives: metaphor
NOW
i thought i would take a nap, and retreat from the wild world – but how can we go back to sleep? there is an insistence out there…. a perseverance…. a possibility… called HOPE.
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, blessings, brush painting, enlightenment, feral cat, future, hope, interspirituality, keep hope alive, love, meditation, metaphor, poetry, possibilities, sacred activism, spiritual activism, tabby, wake up
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Walking the mile
i go to put on my shoes but they are being worn by someone else… even though you almost fill them, i am not certain that you understand that under standing can not come from actually being in my shoes … Continue reading →
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, bugs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, florida grashoppersss, ink brush painting, insects, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, listening, love, metaphor, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, understanding, walk a mile in my mocassins, walk a mile in my shoes
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weathering storms
The eye of the storm passes over but the small dog knows the storm is still swirling around us. . She climbs into my Father’s chair, so tiny yet, she finds some comfort there. as do i.
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Tagged comfort, dog, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, hope, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, metaphor, My Father's Chair, mysticism, nature, poetry, small dogs, spirituality, storm phobias, sumi-e, toy dogs, tropical storms
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learning to sing
i am learning so many things, but they have yet to take wing – writing with a brush among other things – singing my song, out loud… even if slightly off key – please be patient with me.
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Tagged bad poetry, birds, blogging, caws, choir, crows, eco-chaplaincy, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, hand lettering, hope, ink, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, learning curves, metaphor, mysticism, nature, off key, out of tune, painting, singing, spirituality, sumi-e
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but it’s a mess out there…
i look out my window and there is a beautiful zebra longwing butterfly perfectly placed in a single pane, the edges of the multi-panel moulding acting as a frame – exiting my room, i enter into the world, and the … Continue reading →
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Tagged art, butterfly medicine, buttterflies, collage, equality, freedom, hope, ink, interspirituality, metaphor, nature, poetry, shamanism, spirituality, stamp art, sumi-e, zebra longwing
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crow on post
thunder is rumbling and lightening is flashing i can see the storm cloud dark and menacing… but over my head the sky is blue and i look up and i see You. and i know this storm soon will pass.
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Tagged bad weather, blue sky, crow, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, lightening, love, meditation, metaphor, mystic poetry, mysticism, nature, poetry, real life, spirituality, Storm, sumi-e
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household weavers
a small baby spider has spun a web from the lamp to the door frame. thus making both light and entrances somewhat complicated. . (Children challenge us is so many ways – all designed to help us grow. still if … Continue reading →
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, baby spiders, babyspiders, blessings, child of god, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, humor, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, metaphor, motherhood, parenthood, poetry, religion, religious humor, spider webs in thehome, spirituality, sumi-e
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Bird on a wire
One bird on a wire. song lyrics smile in my head as lights change and freedom awaits more or less. it is all the same. we all sing, and we are the choir we are the bird on the wire.
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Partners
All i hear is the honking! it seems to echo everywhere yet the sky above me is clear blue with no sign of You. a cacophony of traffic sounds surround me – but i still hear You calling over the … Continue reading →
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Tagged birds, Canadian Geese, eco-chaplaincy, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, geese flying north, honking, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, metaphor, mystic, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e
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feeding
this is the third little kitten i painted tonite. the rest of her litter are gone, failures of attention and of spilled water – not unlike the rest of her siblings who we have buried under a pecan tree – though … Continue reading →
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Tagged acts of kindness, animal assisted chaplaincy, art, cat, feral cats, feral kittens, heartache in animal welfare, humane action, ink brush painting, luring cats, metaphor, poem, poetry, SNR, sumi-e, TSNR
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