This magnificent poem by Nâzim Hikmet, “Things I Didn’t Know I Loved,” is all the more amazing when you realize that he endured severe persecution and spent many years in prison due to his political beliefs. In 1949 an international...
You, nobly born, reading this. You have brought yourself to the place where your inner life calls you to something more, something higher. Through effort and grace, this noble aspiration has been born in you. Those who are seeking something...
There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold...
Like sunflowers, we are always turning toward the sun. We may not know it, we may feel as though we are lost in the dark, but even underground we are always turning toward the sun. As the earth rotates west...
How lovely it is to spend the morning with poetry Fernando Pessoa Pablo Neruda Even the names are poetry Sunshine and shadow Reflections on reflections on reflections Light from light, in light, refracted and reunited Pause Take a moment All...
Lately some old wounds and old fights have been coming up in me yet again. Evidently the scars are acting up, and it helps to remember that scars are signs that you survived the battle and went beyond it. I...
There is meaning, intrinsic meaning, in every moment.
