SMUDGE by Fred LaMotte In the birth canal you were anointed with the microbiome, smeared and smudged with the mighty host of earth's bacteria. Your first breath hugged atoms of all races, all tribes into your blood, the flesh of stars, particles of the ancestors, atoms from the body of Jesus, the body of Muhammad, [...]
"Great Spirit, when we come singing, when we face the sunset the last song, may it be, without shame, singing "It is finished in beauty. It is finished in beauty!"" ~Evelyn Eaton
The Guest House ~ Rumi This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each [...]