A River of Gratitude

Loneliness by Isatree Sai PodaengSo the sidewalk is crowded, the city goes byand I rush through another day;and a world full of strangers turn their eyes to mebut I just look the other way. They roll by just like waterand I guess we never learnGo through life parched and emptystandin’ knee deep in a riverand … Read more

It’s a wonderful life

What a wonderful life I’ve had! If only I’d realized it sooner! — Colette As Lughnassadh reminds us, the Wheel is turning, and while summer’s heat continues as if it will last forever, there is already a feverishness about it. The birds, the creatures of fields and forests, and even the Green Ones are now … Read more

And now we have Fired the Grid

In honor of Firing the Grid… May this prayer spell pulse through us all, from this day forward: The Goddess is our sanctuary;Her embrace holds us night and day.We can be unafraid in the earthquake andComforted in the hurricane knowing we are not alone. She is the river of joy, gladness is her voice.She streams … Read more

What is bliss?

Every word of every tongue isLove telling a story to her own ears.Every thought in every mind,She whispers a secret to her own Self.Every vision in every eye,She shows her beauty to her own sight.Every smile on every face,She reveals her own joy for herself to enjoy. –– Fakhruddin Iraqi (1213 – 1289 C.E.) When … Read more

Bliss

If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are — if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life … Read more