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Tag Archives: metaphors
Listening
Lessons for the road,Be neither rash, nor rage No matter your age…The road turns us all into the sage..Lessons from the road,Travel with open ears and open heart and you will find your peopleAnd your path home.
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, German Shepherd adolescence, ink brush painting, love, metaphors, poetry, rescue dog, shepherd puppy, spirituality, sumi-e, teen dog, traveling
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Freedom
Freedom doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone… I thought it did, But I was wrong… Where some see a cage, Others see a refuge…. . For some it means big fireworks bursting in the sky, For others it means … Continue reading →
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Tagged cages, crate training, dog training, dogs, fireworks, freedom, metaphors, poem, poetry, sumi-e
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Sacred Circus
When I was a little, I used to pray that I could run away to the circus, Now I am big, I have been given one of my own!
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Tagged circus, dog training, dogs, Elizabeth Teal., hope, joy, Liz Teal, metaphors, sacred, spirituality, sumi-e, toy dog, trick training, water color
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Rain
Sometimes all you need to get out of the rain is for someone to open the door.
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Tagged cat in rain, charity, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., help, hope, Liz Teal, metaphors, proverb, spirituality, sumi-e, truth, wet cat
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Metamorphosis
The moth fluttered down and landed on the back of His shirt, Nocturnal beings drawn to the the light… . And all of us in the process of transforming, Sometimes we just need reminders we are not all butterflies, But … Continue reading →
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Tagged art, beauty, butterflies, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, Liz Teal, love, meditation, metamorphosis, metaphors, moths, mysticism, nature, night, nocturnal, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e
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dark and wet
it was not night but things got dark and the sky began to crack with a sound so loud it drown out the pleas of the furred purred ones. then the heavens started to weep – in anger and pain, … Continue reading →
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Tagged climate change, depression, dramatic poetry, felines, feral cats, humor, metaphors, mysticism, nature, rain, rain storm, sumi-e, thunder
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Pace Purr
oh dear black cat! i look for you in the dark, but you are like black velvet and smooth ink…. invisibly cloaked in the night – i try to sleep, still, i long for You…. yet, i must have fallen … Continue reading →
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Tagged artist, black cats, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, feral cats, indoor outdoor cats, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, lost cat, metaphors, mysticism, nature, poetry, purring, Reverend Elizabeth Teal, sleep, sleeplessness, spirituality, storyteller
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oh metafur…
under the bed is a secret hideout – a play space for soft paws and lost objects – but every now and then – something round slips out… Tomorrow she will go, the foster cat with the softest fur – … Continue reading →
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Tagged adopting pets, animal assisted chaplaincy, cat play, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, foster cats, foster pets, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, Inn keepers, interspecies spirituality, love, metaphors, nature, poetry, spirituality, subconcious, sumi-e, unconscious
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freedom
what looks like captivity might give you freedom. and what you think is freedom may only be a cage you can not see.
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Posted in Animal assisted therapy, God's dog, Gratitudes, therapy dog, zen dog
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Tagged 6 foot lead, animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, dog leashes, dog training, Dog walking, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, leashes, love, metaphors, nature, new leash on life, perspectives, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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bones
excavations happen in my mind, my heart and my yard – all bringing up bones of my past. some more literal than others. and one by one, each dog taking a turn at the new found old treasure – no … Continue reading →
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Tagged border collie mix, dog, dog bones, dogs, dogs chewing bones, grass, hound mix, inter-species spirituality, love, meaning making animals, metaphors, pit mix, poetry, spirituality, standard poodle, story-telling, sumi-e
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