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Tag: flower

  • Mother’s Soft Petal’s Provenance

    As she fell into slumber I strummed a sweet song the last time her eyes were open. Accepting she’s been gone for many years, I still write her letters of gratitude, forgiveness & love. Your motherly love; my bouquet’s foundation. The universe revealed upon looking into your eyes. Though dusk looms now as my pedals…

  • Gardener’s Golden Protection

    Years ago a master gardener was asked how to keep the landscape of mind beautiful, healthy, happy & gratified. Teacher advised to water the beneficial seeds, avoid watering harmful ones. Seeds of kindness, compassion and insight exist alongside those of fear, craving and hatred. When anger, worry, anxiety or despair arise, don’t let them bloom…

  • orange blossom special

    gentle breeze freshly awakens my face. fruity, floral scent, intoxicating. most delicate bud sparkles in shade & sunshine. miracle revealed by buzzing sounds. there aren’t adequate words to describe tastes I’m savoring so that you, too experience this divine flavor. with senses heightened, can i pour you some? “For things to reveal themselves to us,…

  • Out standing in her field

    Blossom’s beauty gently lies with not being caught in notions such as beauty. Blooms burst out, aware of their emptiness of separate selves. And yet naturally awake of being completely filled with non-flower ingredients, namely, stars, universe & miracles. Not too long ago, or that far into the future visual signs of blooms appear absent…

  • May You Bloom Happily & Stay Fresh as the Dew

    “To live in the world with your heart undisturbed by the world, with all sorrows ended, dwelling in peace — this is the greatest happiness.” ~ from “Discourse on Happiness” Being out of the house breathing pure, fresh air seeing the beauty before me helps my bloom, keeps me fresh. Interesting that, for me, being…

  • in flowers i trust

    When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending. ~Thich Nhat Hanh delicate, ethereal beauty with not a fret as to fate or seeing grounds to wait. only offering his…