O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stainedWith the blood of the grape, pass not, but sitBeneath my shady roof; there thou may’st rest,And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe;And all the daughters of the year shall dance!Sing now the lusty song of fruit and flowers.— William Blake, To Autumn, 1783 If you’re still … Read more
Once more the liberal year laughs outO’er richer stores than gems or gold:Once more with harvest song and shoutIs nature’s boldest triumph told.— John Greenleaf Whittier This morning, before most North Americans had rolled out of bed, we moved into the time of perfect balance, the Equinox, taken from the Latin for “equal night.” It … Read more
On this date, the Sun leaves Virgo and continues its journey by entering the sign of Libra, fittingly, the sign of the balanced scales. Librans are brilliant and skillful when it comes to relating to others and forming partnerships of all sorts. For a Libra, everything is better if it’s done together. Just like the … Read more
Money is, in some respects, life’s fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.— P.T. Barnum As we move this week to the threshold that brings the dark time of the year to the Northern Hemisphere, and the great harvest celebrations, we naturally consider the meaning of abundance in our lives. For … Read more
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.–Benjamin Franklin Back in the mid and late 1970s, I was the social services director and activities coordinator in a 132-bed skilled nursing facility in St. Petersburg, FL. Almost all of the residents there (we did not call them patients) suffered to some degree … Read more
Only the heart knows how to find what is precious.— Fyodor Dostoyevsky As the Summer’s light begins to fade, the sun rises later each day, and the first harvest festival has come and gone. If we pay attention, we may feel in our bones the ancient rhythms of our ancestors, who knew that the time … Read more
©J.J. Joyce – Serenity God(dess) grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change,courage to change the things we can,and wisdom to know the difference.— attributed to Dr. Rheinhold Niebuhr How do we begin to understand the difference? The idea of surrender and acceptance is difficult for most people in our culture. This … Read more