MY ACHING HEART

I wait. She may choose to deny herself. Or, with practice, she may choose herself, blossoming.

HER DEMAND IS INFINITE & ALWAYS, TOO MUCH

Two conversations. A man swimming, believing himself to be drowning. A woman, swimming for so long, feeling herself lost without the presence of the eternal.

SHE WOULD BE 65 TODAY. INSTEAD, SILENCE

The world is a whirl of vibrations. I don't always hear the music of it.

WALKING WITH ENVY

I walked with a friend yesterday. Into the forest. ... Listening to the ravens, chattering in their many and strange tongues. Wondering, always: What do they tell me? What, slowed as I am, am I ready to hear?

YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE

At the beginning of this journey I was told to prepare for a thousand days. Now, I am inviting others —and especially men— to step into their own thousand-day journey.

HOW DO I BEST ENJOY THIS LIFE?

Sometimes, I stumble my way onto my path. But only sometimes. Humility matters more than courage, even.

MY BUSINESS IS TO BURN

Today I burn with determination—and joy!

ENJOY IT NOW (BECAUSE THIS TOO SHALL PASS)

And, what have you been up to? Tell us about your teaching & etc —in that moment I felt like that deer in the headlights: Where to turn for safety?

SO BEAUTIFULLY CLEAR

Always, this invitation to step further into the tenderness of who I am.

THAT MUST BE NICE

Loving you is easy. Becoming still enough to receive all of you, well… this can be hard.

BURN!

What is this life and this love I feel except the fire of testing? It is burning away all that is protecting me from being the man I am.

WHAT GIFT DO I OFFER TO HER MYSTERY?

With my breath, my posture, and with dedicated and daily meditations I practice to be worthy of this work.