“If we’re lucky, our practices of meditation and mindfulness give us some sense of spaciousness, stillness, and silence. But what about when we get up from the meditation seat? What about when we engage in activities more complicated and demanding than potentially calming manual tasks like weeding the garden, sweeping, or washing the dishes? Zen… Read more »
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#tds2463 Giving a smile
“That day, I learned that I could be a giver by simply bringing a smile to another person. The ensuing years have taught me that a kind word, a vote of support is a charitable gift. I can move over and make another place for someone. I can turn my music up if it pleases,… Read more »
#tds2462 The soul said: Stay.
Today, you could just take time out to close read this poem. Or go and visit a church. Or read the poem in a church. We highly recommend that you find time and place to close read the wonderful post written by Anthony Wilson about this poem and we also took time to click on… Read more »
#tds2461 Usefulness comes from what is not there
Find a quiet place and sketch other objects that illustrate ways in which usefulness comes from what is not there. The importance of no-thing and emptiness to much we find of benefit in life. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds2461
#tds2460 Contemplating endings to help us treasure beginnings
Taking time with a poem about endings. Today, take some quiet time to read about the hope for a life well lived in this poem about death. When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse to buy me, and snaps the purse… Read more »
#tds2459 Delicious solitude
“With more and more people living single, and more and more people living alone, a better understanding of solitude is becoming increasingly important.” PsychCentral in 2014 Today, take time with our infographic and reflect on how you relate to solitude. Is it delicious? Do you appreciate it? Do you seek it? Do you keep… Read more »
#tds2458 Indifferent to mirrors and more
Today, less than 2 minutes to hear Fleur Adcock read ‘Weatherings’ just go to the 4.20 point in the video and enjoy; or settle for just under 10 minutes and listen to several wonderful readings, not just the one poem. Who is she? Fleur Adcock writes about men and women, childhood, identity, roots and rootlessness,… Read more »
#tds2457 Vulnerability
“…in refusing our vulnerability, we refuse the help needed at every turn of our existence and immobilize the essential title and conversational foundations of our identity.” David Whyte reads his poem Vulnerability from his book ‘Consolations – The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words’.And if you feel like taking more time to reflect on… Read more »
#tds2456 A seeming Stillness
Today, listen to A Seeming Stillness by David Whyte read by Dr Iain McGilchrist. You can feast your ears on many more poems read by him, take your choice. It is a great resource which we may draw from in future dailies. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds2456
#tds2455 I stay and leave
Between leaving and staying ( A poem by Octavio Paz) Entre irse y quedarse duda el día, enamorado de su transparencia. La tarde circular es ya bahía: en su quieto vaivén se mece el mundo. Todo es visible y todo es elusivo, todo está cerca y todo es intocable. Los papeles, el libro, el vaso,… Read more »
#tds2454 The country they call life
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#tds2453 I happened to be standing
I Happened To Be Standing I don’t know where prayers go, or what they do. Do cats pray, while they sleep half-asleep in the sun? Does the opossum pray as it crosses the street? The sunflowers? The old black oak growing older every year? I know I can walk through the world, along the shore… Read more »
