we are all equal souls in this world

Pacita Abad

walking in the park just after the rain ends
I see an earthworm moving slowly across my path
seemingly at one with the earth
so I ask him
"why did Bodhidharma come from the west"
he ignores me
absolutely perfect answer

james lee jobe

"Be what you are. Give what is yours to give. Have style. Dare."

Stanley Kunitz

I pledge allegiance to no flag, to no country, but to the earth. The Great Mother is my country. One world, one people, with many faces and beliefs, here to help each other, to love each other, and to grow. I bind my faith to no rules, just to my own heart, my own truth, and I set nothing in stone except this; we are all equal souls in this world, my sister, my brother. And kindness! I pledge allegiance to that.

james lee jobe 

"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them..... 

...well, I have others."

Groucho Marx

Pacita Abad

no crows along the creek today
          no people either
the cool quiet is a summer hat
covering the head of the earth
          alone on the bank of Putah Creek

james lee jobe 

"We are not born to survive. Only to live."

W. S. Merwin

May I be thankful for the kindness that comes to me, 

And then return that kindness to the world tenfold, 

And then tenfold again.

james lee jobe

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james