Category Archives: Love & loss, grief & joy

Thoughts on dying in two chapters

Posted on January 20, 2020 by amindfullife

Take me home He takes my hands in his, and at the same time waves them away in frustration. He brings both his hands up, his arms shaky with effort. He uses them to show us what he means. What … Continue reading →

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Take a risk, what is there to lose?

Posted on February 14, 2016 by amindfullife

A year for taking risks. For leaping into your own life, into your own unfolding future. When did you last risk everything for a chance to live your life, this life that the soft gentle voice whispering in the depths … Continue reading →

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The love window

Posted on January 12, 2014 by amindfullife

Some kiss we want – by Rumi There is some kiss we want with our whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawater begs the pearl to break its shell. And the lily, how passionately it needs some … Continue reading →

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What are we doing?

Posted on December 1, 2013 by amindfullife

Since my house burned down I now have a better view Of the rising moon Haiku by Basho It has been difficult to come to this writing these past months.  To write from the heart as I have committed to … Continue reading →

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A fool’s journey

Posted on September 5, 2013 by amindfullife

By David Whyte In that first hardly noticed moment in which you wake, coming back to this life from the other more secret, moveable and frighteningly honest world where everything began, there is a small opening into the new day … Continue reading →

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Silence, the answer

Posted on July 1, 2013 by amindfullife

We fear the silence The letting go The being alone The death that comes But only in the silence             When all is quiet             When the breath can be heard             When the sound of this moment arrives Do … Continue reading →

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When death is the secret

Posted on June 30, 2013 by amindfullife

When death is the secret             No words utter its name             No doors open to the light When death is the secret             Gazes slip away             Not to be met or linger When death is the secret             … Continue reading →

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Rituals of life

Posted on January 21, 2013 by amindfullife

Space. Time. Tea. Water. Chair. Quiet. All things necessary for re-starting this ritual of writing again.  Having gotten through the rituals of the end and now the beginning of the year.  The annual almost four week country wide shut down … Continue reading →

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time will come

Posted on December 31, 2012 by amindfullife

When I have seen Time’s fell hand defaced The rich-proud cost of outworn buried age; When sometime lofty towers I see down-razed And brass eternal slave to mortal rage; When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the … Continue reading →

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Getting out of the way

Posted on December 14, 2012 by amindfullife

It’s taken me a while to get back to writing a new post, even as my mind and heart is preoccupied, my commitment to this blog writing demands that I not abandon it, to just write, no matter how imperfect. … Continue reading →

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