Beannacht

On the day when
the weight deadens
on your shoulders
and you stumble,
may the clay dance
to balance you.

And when your eyes
freeze behind
the grey window
and the ghost of loss
gets in to you,
may a flock of colours,
indigo, red, green
and azure blue
come to awaken in you
a meadow of delight.

When the canvas frays
in the curach of thought
and a stain of ocean
blackens beneath you,
may they come across the waters
a path of yellow moonlight
to bring you safely home.

May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
may the clarity of light be yours,
may the fluency of the ocean be yours,
may the protection of the ancestors be yours.

And so a slow
wind works these words
of love around you,
an invisible cloak
to mind your life.

by

John O'Donohue

Right up to the moon - and back

If I lay here, if I just lay here,
Would you lay with me?
And just forget the world.






Those three words are said too much,
They're not enough.
All that I am,
All that I ever was,
Is here in your perfect eyes.

Questioning Days ...

We cannot let fear of making mistakes keep us from finding what we can do.

Only those who do nothing can avoid making a mistake - and even then, idleness is a mistake.

The first step is hardest.

But with every effort, the potential increases and confidence gathers.

When we waver, it is natural instinct questioning if we are on safe ground - and whether we should go on.

It is at our point of greatest questioning we should go on.

It is at our point of greatest questioning that we should gather our faith and force and move into new higher levels of self-confidence.

Nothing can stop us when we know we have what it takes.

Our reward is not just winning alone, but the new reservoir of strength and spirit that is our resolve to do better and better.

-Cherokee-

Star, Star, Shining Bright

All the stars are coming out tonight
They’re lighting up the sky tonight
For you

For You

You light the skies up above me
A star so bright you blind me
Don’t close your eyes

Don’t fade away

Don't fade away

Beirut

Beirut

Awesome Band

Amazing Sound

www.beirutband.com

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Listen to the track "Nantes"

Self and Other

We all have a personal decision to make;
To reclaim compassion or not.
You can make feeling with the other personal.
Listen to the other.
Feel their emotions be it joy, love, fear or pain.
The other should not and cannot be ignored forever.
Listen carefully.
If you were in their place you may feel the same.
From there you can build a relationship and seek understanding.
From the point of compassion reconciliation and peace can begin.