embracing the silence

238,857 miles away,

Gravity from the moon moves entire oceans.

Wipe the sleep from your eyes,

My wife.

Morning has come,

And here am I,

Moved by the gravity of you.

James Lee Jobe 

"Fulfillment has nothing to do with circumstances."

― Gangaji

SARAH JAROSZ, Build Me Up From Bones

As the years fly past 

it gets easier 

to embrace the silence 

one day I’ll embrace it 

and not let go 

James Lee Jobe

"Mindfulness practice is not an evasion or an escape. It means entering vigorously into life — with the strength generated by the energy of mindfulness. Without this freedom and concentration, there is no happiness." 

--Thich Nhat Hanh

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When I die, as everyone must, survive me with passion.

Lift your eyes from east to west, as the sun does,

And let each new day be your savior, your hero.

I will be absent at last, and tears will do me no good.

I would prefer that my heritage be more pleasant,

So remember me when there is laughter and music.

Sorrow is not your friend, but I am.

Embrace some happiness, and don't try to hide it.

Life is a transparent house, and all of the neighbors watch.

James Lee Jobe

"As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself."

—Shunryu Suzuki

 "Tituba," a poem by my friend, DeMisty Bellinger.

Read by a sock puppet.

Looking toward the streetlamp 

I can see the angle of the rain 

against the beams of light. 

Past that, just darkness. 

There is the sound of rain 

on the street, no traffic. 

Cold air is against my face. 

James Lee Jobe 

"Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something."

 
--H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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james