Siting With My Demons

Sitting With My Demons

I have always been taught to avoid demons,
but my journey to grow
keeps bringing me back to them.
I have come to realize they are there to help me,
to challenge me,
to help me move through that which is limiting me.
They are there to bless me,
but only if I use them to grow and evolve.
The longer I try to avoid them,
the more they
seem to haunt me.
Rather than run from them,
I now sit with them,
and seek the wisdom of the Ultimate
in how to use them to help me evolve.

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Silence

Silence

Silence.
It is one of the nouns
I used to describe myself
to my students.
But why they always ask?
Why silence?
Are you a quiet person
or do you just like silence?
It is not so much about the silence of others,
but the silencing of my own brain and
of my heart.
When I silence myself,
I am able to hear the symphony
of the Ultimate which is everywhere
and playing every instrument.
I hear it in the opening and closing of doors.
I feel it when people reach out for help.
I hear it in the songs of the birds and
other animals in our environment.
I see it in the grass moving
even when I cannot see the breeze.
The Ultimate is in every moment
and always has a message for me.
It is only in my own silence
that I can hear it.

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Being Chicken Soup

Being Chicken Soup

Having grown up in a Jewish household,
there were lessons I learned from my mother,
who was one of several women who taught me
powerful traditions.
My mother taught me that my presence,
my simply being present for another
could lift someone’s spirit and
help them to heal.
As my Buby once said,
being present for others can be as healing
as a bowl of homemade chicken soup.
We can be the chicken soup
which heals someone and
lifts their spirit,
simply by being present.
It may be nothing more than
a smile,
a friendly hello,
asking how they are,
or spending time.
We have the power to bring
the healing power of chicken soup
into their lives.

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Gentleness

Gentleness

Mr Mittens is our furbaby,
well the last one we have,
and he loves having his neck and head massaged,
but ever so gently.
There is something about gentleness.
The way someone speaks to us,
touches us,
hugs us,
gestures us,
or is just with us,
which makes us feel special
loved,
and wrapped in the arms
of the Ultimate.
There is something about those
moments of consideration,
when people approach you with
dignity,
respect,
a power
of softness
and compassion
It reminds us we are
in the presence of the holy
and standing on holy ground.

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In the Moment

In the Moment

There is nothing like sitting
in the moment
and appreciating
the little things in life.
Those things we forget
to give thanks for
like the air we breathe,
the water which flows through our faucets
and pipes
and indoor pluming
and toilets,
and showers,
and our own washer and dryer.
Sometimes I take something simple
like water
and that makes me give thanks for something else
and that reminds of another blessing,
and so forth and so on.
Like the water reminds me
about the ways I use it
like cooking,
drinking,
washing,
cleaning,
and the list goes on.
It is not the big things,
but the little things
that I am so grateful for
and the way they make
me aware of them
when I sit
in the moment.

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Discerning

Kenny Rogers would sing
You got to know when to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away,
And know when to run.

Life is filled with moments
when we must discern when
to hold on and make things work
and when to release them
because it is not our battle
or we know it is not right for us.

This is not about gambling, like the song.
it is about discerning.
it is about listening for
guidance from within us about
whether we can make this work
or we need to release it and let it go.

It is about developing
a deeper relationship with God
knowing what are our battles
and what are not.

May we know when to hold on
tightly to that which is ours
and release with gentle tenderness
that which is not.
Amen.

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Visible Invisibility

She was sitting in the corner
and I never even saw her
until she coughed and
then I saw her and
noticed her beauty.

The last thing to discover water
would be a fish, Confucious said
because it is so pervasive
that it is invisible.

What keeps us from seeing
what we see
when we see it,
I ask my students

Our Higher Power is
ever present
but like the woman in the corner
or the fish in the bowl
remains unseen until
she clears her throat
or someone tries to remove us
from the water
or we are decentered
in our lives
and can see what we could not see
and hear what we could not hear

May we have senses that can be
aware of your presence without
you having to clear your throat
to get us to notice you

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