One of the privileges of my job is the opportunity to here and there escape the rush of the need for now and sneak away into silence - the silence of the sacred still centre. Thomas Moore said, ”Silence is not an absence of sound but rather a shifting of attention toward sounds that speak to the soul.” The soul is in danger of being forgotten in our world of rush and push. That urge you feel here and there, now and then, is the soul secretly urging you to find sanctuary in stillness and silence - listen to your soul …
so hard to be held / and even harder to behold / the hole / that hides / in my small / universe
Thought on the way into work about imperfection
Shame is the name of the game and the flame that burns and turns the tide of feeling that leaves me staring at the ceiling
the night is tremendous blue / dream blue / believer's blue / and you /
Everyone Is Someone Else