So I have finally reached the last poem in Season Three of the Different Ways Blogcast, Readings & Riffs. I have recorded each poem in...

I remember hearing once that we begin to die the minute we are born. (I think it was Stephen Jenkinson who said this.) This poem is...

Life is difficult. There is pain and suffering at every turn. No one is safe and everyone is finding themselves involved in an...

I think it is fascinating to think that all the acts of intention that we choose to do in the world are aggregated into structuring the...

Hafiz suggests that we have access to everything essential that we need to feel vital and alive within us at all times. We always have...

The choices that we make that do not turn out as we expect can bring shocking events to our door. Once that door flies open the suffering...

Many of us know the rules all too well. We know what is expected. We gather this information at a very early age to position ourselves to...

There is a place in our humanity where there is only faith and no one actually knows what or if there is a consequence or a concern for...

Hafiz speaks about prostrating himself before all creatures in this poem and it makes me think of our need to recognize and respect our...

As each generation rolls into its aging process I hear the centuries old flood of litanies, laments and commiserations regarding the...

Connection. What is it about connection that feels so vital? I'm not talking about "belonging". That, to me, is something else....

What is it to know what we know? How many stand outside themselves and wonder of their own thinking processes? Who are we talking to when...

Understanding the language of our guidance is fundamental to being able to converse and be guided. This, and belief that it exists and...

Resistance. This is our speed bump in life. Our resistance to comply and take everything at face value is a valuable time keeper. Our...

If a country, town or village is not well thought out to serve its community, it will be constantly in discord. If a human does not take...

There are few things as sublime as the sense of belonging. Sometimes it is a family we are born into and sometimes our lives unfold to...

Trusting soul is a tall order. We know this instinctively. There is much about soul that is way beyond the precious kind of ideas we...

One can have a myriad of reasons and issues with issues upon reasons for hiding one's true nature and talents under a bushel. In fact all...

Fireweed got its name by being prolific after forest fires in the Pacific Northwest. It is opportunistic in that way. There is a way that...

It is no small gift to witness others in their struggles and their joys. We recall the drama of struggle more readily because pain sits...