Day dawns

I think over again my small adventures, my fears, those small ones that seemed so big, all those vital things I had to get and to reach, and yet there is only one great thing: to live and see the great day that dawns, and the light that fills the world."

                                                                                      Old Inuit Song

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there is a moment

when nothing else matters

not house or cars

titles or incomes

there is a time

when nothing else matters

not degrees

nor accomplishments

when I walk into the early morning

and hear the borning cry of all creation

the hoot of the owl

and the screech of the hawk

When the sun crests the horizon

and all creation rejoices

in a blaze of yellow and orange

nothing matters

except the light

and the new day

this is the day

to rejoice and be glad

this is the day

to live and love

this is

the

day

and so too

sacred awakens in my soul

and nothing matters

except the light

and this moment

grace

Practice Resurrection

So, friends, every day do something that won't compute...Give your approval to all you cannot understand...Ask the questions that have no answers. Put your faith in two inches of humus that will build under the trees every thousand years...Laugh. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts....Practice resurrection.”

                                           Wendell Berry, The Country of Marriage

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what did I do today?

pulled some weeds

worked at transplanting some seedling

watered some flowers

looked at very old pictures

in very old albums

of very old people

when they were not so very old

fixed a fence

in a world that seems all too fond of anger,

hate and death

where bad people have power

and good people get crushed

I chose live

as though life and love win

I chose

to practice resurrection

Every moment

Every moment, a new beauty.

                             Rumi

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the morning sun

bursts into the new day

vibrant rays

racing each other through the trees

shafts of fire

setting ablaze the grass and bringing

the vibrant purples of the lupine

alive

Aspen twirling in the wind

an eagle, wind hovering

in cobalt blue

light glistening on Hurricane creek

diamonds dancing down the canyon

a little buck

nubs only

stands in adolescent splendor

golden brown against the green

an owl hoots

his haunting call

echoing through the hot dusty

afternoon

killdeer dancing

quail scurrying

cats pouncing

horses dozing

coolness coming

darkness falling

coyotes laughing

sun setting

one last gasp

then gone

every moment

a new

beauty