Every being embodies Buddha nature. Everyone is holy. Including you. A few lessons being revealed: *Lesson #7 above is laden with meaning. And, worthy of much more reflection. Heck, each of these lessons are worthy of much more reflection. This pilgrimage is revealing the necessity of letting go of weight I have continued to carry for no good reason other …
As happens on pilgrimage, life reveals things both beautiful, AND burdensome. Pilgrimage affords one opportunities to feel both energized and enervated. Mark Nepo, in his usual provocative poetry, seizes on this notion, in “Adrift.” And, as I pedal across southern Michigan with this poem in my back pocket, I am feeling and experiencing it all, pedaling with the …
Look at the world through quiet eyes. ~Howard Thurman Hello friends. It’s been a year! Lots of change, lots of loss, many lessons, and loads of gratitude for all of the support offered by dear friends and family. I’ll certainly reflect on the happenings of this past year in future posts. For now, I am simply settling back in …
To Mom My mother, Helen, died over two weeks ago. And, by the time this entry posts, it will be my birthday, my first birthday without her. I began sitting with Ross Gay’s poetry a few days ago, and as my cycling season begins–a little late this year–I will begin it with this poem in …
A few days ago, the temperatures here in southwestern Pennsylvania reached and hovered around 50 degrees Fahrenheit for a whole afternoon. I couldn’t help myself. I had to get out and pedal! I chose to jump on a rail trail not far from home. I knew it would most likely be muddy and messy. And, would probably be teeming with …