another day in the world

evert lundquist - the candle

two doves eat the seed that I set out

and I say a prayer for them

another day in the world 

james lee jobe 

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If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life.

Yunmen Wenyan

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The bus driver called out the name of the stop, and it sounded pretty good, although I cannot now remember that name. Just that it sounded wholesome. Clean. Like a place where a man might find honest work and good people. I had bought a ticket from one side of the country to the other. I had nothing to do at the time, no place to go, no place to be. I thought that if I went across, some place might just grab me. Maybe a life would grab me, or a girl, and hold me. So I got off there and the bus pulled away. But it wasn’t a town, it was just a platform for loading and unloading, and one bench to sit on. and I sat there. And waited. But no other bus ever came there, and no cars went by. No planes flew overhead. And now I have waited for an entire lifetirme, passing from a young man to an old man, but there were no nights and no weeks, no years or decades. Just a sun that never sets. A day that doesn’t end. A platform with a bench. A bus that does not return. 

james lee jobe 

some of my cactus   the flowers bloom
for only one day which I find touching

old blues songs played through ear buds 

homemade pizza and cafe con leche

reading sutra and writing poems 

watching thin branches on the privet wiggle in the breeze 

dreams that I love more than diamonds 

dreams that make me hurry off to sleep 

james lee jobe

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Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all the ingredients to breathe and find freedom just where you are.

Jack Kornfield

what do you feel?

"I'm cold   my knee hurts"

what do you think 

"a lot of nonsense it seems" 

what do you do

"one thing at a time   friend 

just one thing at a time"

james lee jobe 

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Pay attention to the world around you, to the leaves and the flowers, to the birds and the rain. If you can stop and look deeply, you will recognize your beloved manifesting again and again in many forms.

Thich Nhat Hanh

From my yard.

in a womb   a cradle   a bed   a coffin

we all need some rest 

james lee jobe

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Swans rise and fly toward the sun. What magic! So do the pure conquer the armies of illusion and rise and fly. 

Buddha

I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU, Al Green

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