Archive for April, 2022
Wishing For What I Already Have
Posted in inspiration, tagged acceptance, appreciation, choice, encouragement, experience, G.K. Chesterton quote, goldfinch, gratitude, inspiration, perspective, positive attitudes, spring, vacation, wisdom on April 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Sound Unleashed
Posted in inspiration, tagged acceptance, Craig D. Lounsbrough quote, hearing, judgment, perspective, positive thinking, universality on April 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »
If your ears are the only thing that’s listening, you aren’t hearing.”
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One bird calls-out to another. I don’t recognize its voice. Or the returned answer from a distant tree. A child laughs as he runs after a dog. A car with a radio cranked to what feels like 85 decibels, pauses next to me. Sound. It’s everywhere, simultaneous, yet disconnected.
I imagine what it would be like to be universal, capable of hearing every word, every sound. As it happens. In a small city neighborhood. As well as in a city, nation, and country in dire pain. Cacophony is a human experience. By definition it judges.
Human ears. Created for hearing. Not capable of discerning all that cries out. For good, evil, or ordinary ignorance.
I turn off the radio and listen to as much silence as possible. Try to recognize the beating of my own heart. Yet realize my spirit is far from alone.
No, I cannot catch every meaningful vibration. I can choose to realize this tiny space around me is not all that exists.
For many this season is holy. And that is good. May celebrations reach deep. Yet may the participants refrain from claiming that their sounds are central for all.
The Bridge Called Life
Posted in inspiration, tagged appreciation, choice, Dr. Seuss quote, gratitude, inspiration, perspective, positive attitudes on April 5, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes the questions are complicated, and the answers are simple.
(Dr. Seuss)
The Bridge Called Life A bridge not always named because some know they cross it, and others believe they own it. The bridge called life. One thing I suspect to be true. The blind understands better than the sighted. Hold my hand. And don’t let go. We’ll learn along the way. photo taken from a public domain pic used in a previous blog
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