When I was a girl,
there were things I wanted.

Now that I'm more woman than girl,
there are things I'm grateful for.

I have been upset with life, untrusting of its struggles
consuming marketing had concerned me
with what I owed

myself to improve
through purchase, pain, and penance.

We hope… Read full post »

I love this essay. It is one of the best things I have ever read. My best friend was gracious enough to strongly encourage me to read this and I've been bettered by it. It is lovely and powerful. Trust me, it is worth it to read the thing in its… Read full post »

We are all
just here

loving
each other
through

the best we can.

Be brave,
be generous:
love more.

My heart aches
and breaks

Opens and
closes

depending
on whether I
reach for fear or love.

Love invites, love asks,
love offers

a way free from
suffering's grievous hold.

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This week
another child was lost.

Without the hope of love
how would any of us get through?

Stone by stone by stone
hate crushes the heart.

Many hearts now bleed
for those lost, one by one,

to ignorance's greed. 

Each child learns
the many varieties of hate,
condoned… Read full post »

Freshly married
he typed, "it's hard already."

They say partners are
our greatest spiritual teachers

(they learn us so deeply,
challenge us so truly).

It'll be some of the hardest
(and best) work you'll ever
get to do.

Like an orchard,
you'll need to work the land

season after season.
Harvest to h… Read full post »

In a world of mysteries and wonders,
we alone are left to choose.

In each moment,
despite illusions glittering,
you have only one real choice.

To Love, or not
to love

that is the only
question.

(to love or not
to love, that is the only

choice
we have
in these worlds
made… Read full post »

Be saved by love
practice the art of it

it is there
you will find
the way through

to goodness
hope and peace.

It will lead you,
if you let it

it is all that goes with us
and the best of what stays behind.… Read full post »

I chewed on this for decades before I got a single reasonable answer. Oh, I had ideas and theories. So did other people. I tested them, and tested them, and they failed.

I asked myself,
is there anything that would make the the suffering (even just my own, much less the… Read full post »

Emotional evolution is about to speed way up, hang on.  

These new (communications) technologies will allow us to discover and share wisdom in ways that have never before been possible.

We have, inside us, all the love that is needed to heal this world.

It's going to be… Read full post »

Love is going to sweep the world
and, like a wave,
wash it clean.

Do your part.
Love more.
And, give thanks

You get to be part of the party!
What a time to be alive!

You get to witness
the incredible beauty
of love healing everything.

(You must have done… Read full post »

Try love, with everyone, it really works. Judgment will tell you that punishment teaches but it teaches by marking with pain.

Love also teaches. It teaches us that we have the power to do the right thing and take pain away -- by showing up, working together, and using… Read full post »

As a child of the divorce generation, few things were more important to me than figuring out how not to marry the wrong person. For years, I sorted and searched, asked and researched, tasted and tested.

I tried to prepare to make "the biggest decision of my life"… Read full post »

I have seen the devil, and I can tell you, there is a reason he comes in disguise. Ardent with innocence, helpful gestures hiding dark intentions.

If you sense the wolf, even in the eyes of a sheep, sound the alarm.

Protect yourself, and those you love,… Read full post »

A good man I know, quoting his father, shared this bit of wisdom. Over the years, I've had my thoughts about it and now I'm pretty convinced.

My version:  Care fully, tend your garden, celebrate sacred harvests. 

LHE © 5/2010   Read full post »

I had a call from a good friend yesterday. I offer these words to anyone else who might be struggling. You can feel better, don't give up. Your love is needed. Please, take care of yourself. 

Cultivate peaceful thoughts, focus on the positive. Do things you enjoy more often. Give… Read full post »

Is there anything in the world more beautiful than a happy woman?
My answer: a happy woman dancing.

Is there anything more beautiful than a happy woman dancing?
My answer: a woman caring for one she loves.

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The world spins with color and sound. Great mysteries encircle our lives, bright as stars in the darkness.

To love, or not to love, that is the only real choice we have in this life. 

Fear and hate will compete for your attention but only you can choose. Moment… Read full post »

If you find yourself burning in anger, use love to put out the flame. 

Don't let blame talk you into doing harm -- no matter what it promises.
Expressing grief, distributing suffering, blame can build cages of despair.

We are all witness, one day or another, to great suffering.  Let… Read full post »

Love will try to spare you its anguish and its shames.

It will bear judgment, struggle with anger, and face despair at the distances between you -- that you might live in freedom from its pain.

With quiet fierceness, love will make of itself a shield.

LHE… Read full post »

Love changes everything and it starts with you.

Appreciate sun and water wrapped around sweetness and seed.

Show up, work gratefully, do your best. Love more.

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I have seen mountains of grief and oceans of suffering.
I have wondered, what good could there be in pain?

I have seen love rise, again and again, to answer suffering's call.
And I have seen the spectacular beauty of all that love makes whole.

LHE © 4/2010  Read full post »

I like logic puzzles. This is the puzzle I bend myself around most often lately. I find it very challenging. It's like playing chess and doing yoga at the same time.

I ask myself, "What if everything were perfect? Perfect, just as it is, right now. What could possibly… Read full post »

As the body aches for food, and the eye searches for light, so the soul hungers for love. Love heals everything. Even you.

Your love is needed. Start where you are. Love as much as you can. Be kind. Adventure into joy. Be gentle.… Read full post »