this skin that I live behind

all things come to an end    including

this skin that I live behind    yet until then

perhaps another walk among the pines

james lee jobe 

Tree Lined Lane at Chantilly
Paul Cezanne - 1898

one cannot know if the life you have this morning

will still exist come nightfall 

conditions can change 

sometimes quite quickly 

to be alive is to be a sparrow 

carried along by a strong wind 

james lee jobe 

The basic problem, actually, is how to get rid of the idea that we're going to get rid of our problems. Only then can we relate directly with the real issues of our life. 

Bernie Glassman

Charles Mingus - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

I live 

and those that I hold close bring me comfort

family    home    earth    the green pines

the owls    the sounds and sights of living  

still

james lee jobe

Marry me and I'll never look at another horse.

Groucho Marx 

Public Park with Weeping Willow, The Poet's Garden
1888 by Vincent van Gogh

sorrow
I thought that our visit was done
yet here you are again
and at so late an hour

james lee jobe 

You are the sky. Everything else—it’s just the weather. 

Pema Chödrön

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