learn how to empty your minds

The long and empty walk.

Kneel with me, sister.
Drink the water from the cool spring.
The walk was so terribly long,
almost without end,
and the world is so dry.
Our thirst is a savanna,
parched and lonely.
Drink with me, sister,
and then, refreshed, once again
we will find the courage to stand
and walk across this earth.

James Lee Jobe

I will always be on the side of those who have nothing and who are not even allowed to enjoy the nothing they have in peace.

Federico Garcia Lorca

For my children.

May you learn how to empty your minds
of the many things that are not real.

May you always find ways to be close to each other,
long after your mother and I are gone.

May you learn to forgive others,
and to also forgive yourselves.

May you never raise your hand in anger,
or draw a weapon, or ruin your soul with violence.

May you learn that wishes are a waste of time,
but not dreams. Dreams are golden.

May you come to know the ecstasy
of Van Gogh, Neruda, and Coltrane.

May the sun, the moon, and the stars light your way
while the truth shows you the path.

May you live every day of your lives
knowing without doubt that I love you.

James Lee Jobe

All are nothing but flowers
In a flowering universe.

-Nakagawa Soen-Roshi 

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