I go down to the shore in the morning

and depending on the hour the waves

are rolling in or moving out,

and I say, oh, I am miserable,

what shall —

what should I do? And the sea says

in its lovely voice:

Excuse me, I have work to do.

~Mary Oliver

it’s never completely true is it?

inquiry for today~ hold your truth lightly…..focus on integrity…..

a tepid future

Peaceful is the one who is not concerned

with having more or less

Unbound by name or fame

he is free from sorrow

from the world

and mostly from himself.

~Rumi