there has to be compassion and empathy

nenad bacanovic

Whenever I see you a tsunami slams my beach

the crows do a dance number with top hats and canes 

al green sings 'love and happiness' 

                wife 

the river in my souls rises and washes over its banks 

and on into the cobbled streets

the earth rumbles and quakes 

mad dogs run through the parks in my head 

foaming at the mouth

it's been this way for years and decades 

no god runs this show 

the wild hairy drummer that hides in my heart is in charge 

                wife 

the sun is setting 

let's pick up the beat and dance 

james lee jobe 

with practice, we can learn to be like a rainbow, holding both the weight and sadness of rain and the joy and warmth of the sun.

mark van buren

camille pissarro

There's an old goat path that meanders 

all the way between right and wrong 

we start at one end and end up at the other 

the journey takes some time 

and it isn't smooth or easy 

but what can we do 

no one lives their whole life being in the right 

and no one lives it always wrong 

we all walk it 

so it goes that we spend most of this life 

walking the goat path 

the good news is that you get to start 

at whichever end is closest to you 

james lee jobe 

welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. why? because it is all we ever have.

 

pema chödron

crystal beshara

peace is a lot more than just nonviolence. for real peace, there has to be compassion and empathy.

james lee jobe

The

earth would die

if the sun stopped kissing her

Hafez 1310-1379 (it is believed)

bright bloom, a poem by helene achanzar

sailing to byzantium, william butler yeats

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jlj