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"Song of the Builders" (again), by Mary Oliver
Looking for a poem to read this week in class, and inspired by Jack Kornfield and a story that he told in a video I recently watched...

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May 25, 20201 min read
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"Hope" is the thing with feathers - (314), by Emily Dickinson
We had a memorable visit by a wren yesterday. Such an incredible, little, powerful, determined bird, I admired what seemed to be very...

susanalabordeblaj
May 19, 20201 min read
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Anger Management
“Ni tanto que queme al santo Ni tanto que no lo alumbre” - Refrán popular In catholic churches, one will see some images and statues of...

susanalabordeblaj
May 18, 20205 min read
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"Invitation", by Mary Oliver
Oh do you have time to linger for just a little while out of your busy and very important day for the goldfinches that have gathered in a...

susanalabordeblaj
Apr 21, 20201 min read
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"Today", by Mary Oliver
Today Mary Oliver Today I’m flying low and I’m not saying a word I’m letting all the voodoos of ambition sleep. The world goes on as it...

susanalabordeblaj
Apr 19, 20201 min read
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"Praying", by Mary Oliver
It came as a gift today, I read it before, but hearing it today from a friend, and in the current world circumstances, opened my ears in...

susanalabordeblaj
Apr 10, 20201 min read
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"For Loneliness", by John O'Donohue
I bumped into this poem, by John O'Donohue, from his book "To Bless the Space Between Us" For Loneliness When the light lessens, Causing...

susanalabordeblaj
Mar 30, 20201 min read
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"Now is the Time", by Hafiz
I created a little Sanctuary in a part of the house I didn't usually visit. I can have tea here, and watch the trees and also birds,...

susanalabordeblaj
Mar 19, 20202 min read
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To Care
I have a friend who owns 4 crows. This doesn’t mean that she has them in a cage, or that they live in her house. She has a special...

susanalabordeblaj
Feb 12, 20203 min read
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"Long Afternoon at the Edge of Sister Pond", by Mary Oliver
I spent some time taking photos of our friend the hummingbird, the one that we often see near the terrace. Watching his behavior is...

susanalabordeblaj
Feb 2, 20201 min read
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"Goldfinches" by Mary Oliver
It has been a while that I want to add this poem to my Blog, only I had never taken a photo of a goldfinch. Yesterday one stayed long...

susanalabordeblaj
Jan 27, 20201 min read
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"To Learn From Animal Being", by John O'Donohue
I recently read a phrase by Pierre Alais, yoga teacher, and student of Shivananda & T.K.V. Desikachar, a phrase that stayed with me:...

susanalabordeblaj
Jan 13, 20201 min read
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"Thank You", by Ross Gay
Thanks to Toni Goodman, the Poetry Circle fairy, for this beautiful poem: Thank You Ross Gay If you find yourself half naked and barefoot...

susanalabordeblaj
Dec 26, 20191 min read
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Moving to the Bay Area!
Dear ones, There is no moment in life where things are not changing, maybe there is sometimes the illusion that things are steady and...

susanalabordeblaj
Sep 24, 20192 min read
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Poem "A Ritual to Read to Each Other" by William Stafford
A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are a pattern that...

susanalabordeblaj
Aug 19, 20191 min read
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Acts of Kindness
What Can I Do? I am fortunate enough to have a roof over my head, food to eat, even drinkable water from the tap, which is really a...

susanalabordeblaj
Aug 10, 20193 min read
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"The Moment", Poem by Marie Howe
A dear student who shares her wisdom with the sangha* shared this with us: The Moment by Marie Howe Oh, the coming-out-of-nowhere moment...

susanalabordeblaj
Aug 9, 20191 min read
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Perfection or Acceptance
On Christmas Day, one of my son’s friends gave me two beautiful candles, nontoxic coconut wax, with a very delicate, almost imperceptible...

susanalabordeblaj
Jul 14, 20192 min read
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Facing Change
With a shift in my work, everything needs to adjust: facing change. It has been about four years since one of my mentors suggested that...

susanalabordeblaj
Jun 25, 20193 min read
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For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet, by Joy Harjo
A dear friend recently shared this poem with me, I just keep reading it over and over: "Put down that bag of potato chips, that white...

susanalabordeblaj
Jun 16, 20192 min read
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