Come down easy, dear soul,

Come down easy into the rest you need.

Here is the place prepared for you,

A quiet spot in the midst of the swirl of life,

A still pool, where you can be undisturbed and at peace.

Let your worries drift away like soft smoke.

The world will wait for you,

But for now it is on the far side of the hill.

Your only task is to be healed of impatient time,

Unburdened by demanding thought,

Free of the daily dance of any expectation.

This is the timeless place

The healing place for which you have longed.

Come down easy and stay as long as you like.

~ Steven Charleston

living a life of great curiosity…

inquiry for today~ what awaits for you around the bend?

how we know our truth…

Many people assume that joy depends upon favorable circumstances.

We imagine that joy will arrive once difficulties are resolved,

conflicts are healed, illnesses are cured, or losses are repaired.

But the Bodhisattva understands something different.

Joy does not arise because suffering disappears.

Joy arises because separation disappears.

~Joan Halifax