wind and birds for crowns

This life is an empty cup until you fill it yourself. The seas get filled by the rivers, but you and I don’t have that luxury. To be a human being is self-service work. 

Being kind to each other includes being kind to yourself. It’s the same with forgiveness. Yes, we should share, so also be sure to accept it when someone else shares with you.

Look at me, it’s so early that I haven’t even been outside yet, and already I am preaching. That’s alright, it’s part of my work in this life. And this life is an empty cup until you fill it yourself.

james lee jobe

Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression: We experience joy in forming the intention to give, we experience joy in the action of giving, and we experience joy in remembering that we have given. As Gandhi said, “The fragrance remains in the hand that gives the rose.”

Beth Roth, “Family Dharma: The Joy of Generosity”

ten thousand mountains 

each with a heart of its own 

wind and birds for crowns 

forest and snow for robes 

or rock and cactus 

the mountains are the kings of the earth 

and the oceans are the queens 

and what of  the soil where life grows from seeds 

royal offspring 

we are family 

and family is us 

time is our silent partner as we orbit the sun 

again and again

james lee jobe

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

Pema Chödron

link: Matins, a poem by Jeanne D’Orge

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james