Storm Walker

The Dream of Life - Alan Watts

"What Is Reiki" Video

This spoke to me this morning...

 Please Call Me By My True Names

by Thich Nhat Hanh

Don't say that I will depart tomorrow--even today I am still arriving.

Look deeply: every second I am arriving to be a bud on a Spring branch,

to be a tiny bird, with still-fragile wings, learning to sing in my new nest,

to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower, 

to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone.

I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry,to fear and to hope.

The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death of all that is alive.

I am a mayfly metamorphosing on the surface of the river.

And I am the bird that swoops down to swallow the mayfly.

I am a frog swimming happily in the clear water of a pond.

And I am the grass-snake that silently feeds itself on the frog.

I am the child in Uganda, all skin and bones,my legs as thin a bamboo sticks.

And I am the arms merchant,selling deadly weapons to Uganda.

I am the twelve-year-old girl,refugee on a small boat,

who throws herself into the ocean after being raped by a sea pirate.

And I am the pirate,my heart not yet capable of seeing and loving.

My joy is like Spring, so warm it makes flowers bloom all over the Earth.

My pain is like a river of tears,so vast it fills the four oceans.

Please call me by my true names,so I can hear all my cries and laughter at once,

so I can see that my joy and pain are one.

Please call me by my true names,so I can wake up

and the door of my heart could be left open,the door of compassion.

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A Monkey - Really???

Was I ever surprised to draw this card a few minutes ago. That was before I began to read about what the monkey stands for. It is all about flexibility. It has sometimes been my nature to stay in a rigid frame of mind - I see either right or wrong. Some things are just that, but with a second look, many things are not. When a situation calls for my adaptability and innovation, I must be more aware of different ways to approach it. Nothing is impossible, there are just times when I have to do something else or approach the situation from another direction before I can complete the desired task or get the expected results.  This also takes patience. How many times do we run out of that?  We always have to deal with the circumstances at hand, whether we like them or not.  Be intuitive in solving the problem or task at hand.  If one method fails, look for another way to accomplish the needed results. There are usually many options, but we must get creative to discover them. Approaching life and its many challenges in this way can allow our our lives to move in a much more fluid fashion and make room for the tiny miracles to occur. We can all use more miracles each day and if we look hard enough, that dark cloud just may have a silver lining. Each challenge we face is an opportunity to grow and learn. I don't want to miss a single one.

The Sound of Silence

Hello darkness, my old friend

I've come to talk with you again

Because a vision softly creeping 

Left its seeds while I was sleeping

And the vision that was planted 

In my brain still remains

Within the sound of silence

             ~ Simon and Garfunkel