Why is it that just after the sermon on letting go, I feel better, then, by 4pm in the afternoon,I pick it up again, that old hurt, that old heavy, that old grasping needy cling, I can be sitting here doing fine and then bam, triggered, and my hands are full of it again. Then IContinue reading “Float”
Category Archives: Buddhism
Hope
In the checkout line the woman behind me asks if I had seen any hand sanitizer or cleaning wipes, I said no I had not, my cart full of some basics, not a haul, not a stash, not a hoard, just spinach, mushrooms, bread and butter, some eggs, some milk not enough to get anyoneContinue reading “Hope”
Enlighten Up
And then things are over, and I can’t go back. Even though in the midst of the moment I wanted out. My eyes scanned the scene for exits. My mind thought of excuses. You were boring. I was bored. I was bored. I. Was. Bored. And that is just what it is. That is it.Continue reading “Enlighten Up”
Okay
And now that it is here what else can we do but Learn acceptance We felt waiting we felt wanting we felt tension And now this And all other feelings have to passAs we take hold of the moment that is now That feels like chaos that feels like something we must Reign in that feels likeContinue reading “Okay”
I don’t know if I’m a person anymore or just a thing that fights
We said we would do it later And the joke is, the thing is, time We wanted a break, a rest, we wanted And now we would break down for a bit of certainty A bit of routine, a bit of it’s safe, it’s safe, it’s all clearI don’t know if I’m a person anymore or justContinue reading “I don’t know if I’m a person anymore or just a thing that fights”
Jenny Justice 