Wherever You Are

There is no community
if we can't trust one another.

There is no trusting
if we don't know one another.

There is no knowing
if we avoid one another.

Come out, come out,
wherever you are...

Never a Given

Beauty can flower
from the ground of evil
just as easily as it can
from the ground of good.

Fear can swarm
over a good nation
just as easily as it can
over a desperate land.

The outcome
is never a given.

The results
speak for themselves.

Good News Bad News

Good news casts a shadow.
Bad news comes edged in light.

Shadows offer us depth.
Light shows us the way out.

The Space Between

You have your own truth.
You know what it is.
You don't need anyone else
to tell you what it should be.

Then you meet someone else.
He has his own truth.
It doesn't look like yours.
Now you have a choice.

Do you keep to your truth?
Or do you take up his?
Or does the truth move
into the space between?

Relentless

The most
dangerous force
in life is fear.

The most
relentless force
in life is love.

Mastered

No matter how powerful we are,
every one of us has a master.

When I learn to master myself,
I have a master I can live with.

Six Paths

The path of silence.
The path of denial.
The path of curiosity.
The path of wisdom.
The path of folly.
The path of no path.

The first leads inside itself.
The second leads to ignorance.
The third leads to diligence.
The fourth leads to sorrow.
The fifth leads to wisdom.
The sixth leads to joy.

Tao Guide

When I live in the past,
memory guides my life.

When I live in the future,
expectations guide my life.

When I live in this moment,
Tao guides my life.

How Forgiveness Begins

My forgiveness of others
begins when I forgive
myself for not being whole.

My forgiveness of my brokenness
begins when I forgive myself
for the person I was at birth.

My forgiveness of my birth
begins when I forgive God
for making me imperfect.

My forgiveness of God
for my many flaws begins when
I remember who I really am.

What a Tree Can Do

The root anchors the trunk.
The trunk supports the branch.
The branch raises the leaf.

A tree grows when each part
does its part for the common good.
Inequality isn't part of the equation.

What a tree can do, we can do.

Muddy

The river of life
is a muddy one.

But there are
deep springs
where the water
runs clear.

Reaching the Path

The path is clear.
How to reach the path is not.