“The Summer Day” by Mary Oliver
Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean – the one who has…
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“The Guest House” by Rumi
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected…
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[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] by E. E. Cummings
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only…
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The Prayer of St. Francis – On Prayer and Action
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt,…
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Tao Te Ching Chapter 1 by Lao Tzu
The tao that can be told is not the eternal tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The unnamable is…
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Rumi on Death: 22 Quotes on the Meaning of Death and Rebirth
Rumi, the thirteenth-century poet, was a master of death. As one of the world’s greatest mystics, he had the supreme experience of “dying before he…
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“Out Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing” by Rumi
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,There is a field. I’ll meet you there.When the soul lies down in that grass,The world is too full…
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“The Journey” by Mary Oliver
One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice– though the whole…
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“Mi Guadalupe” by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Mi Guadalupe Mi Guadalupe is a girl gang leader in Heaven. She is unlike the pale blue serene woman. She is serene, yes, like a…
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“A Tribute for Mary Oliver” by Dorothy Walters
She came among us like a wild creature fresh from the forest, wearing a tunic of green, wreath of flowers in her hair. Orpheus returned,…
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