When heavy clouds of sorrow start to rise,

Turn your gaze up to the open skies.

Though shadows drift, the quiet blue stays deep;

It holds a stillness that no storm can sweep.

Your inner peace is like that boundless space,

A waiting home, a warm and safe embrace.

Let trouble pass like wind across the sea—

Stay mindful, calm, untethered, and free.

May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace.

~w.f.p.

and this too shall be part of my story…

inquiry for today~ where is the light?

the hopeful spaces….

when I rise up

let me rise up joyful

like a bird

when I fall

let me fall

without regret

like a leaf.

~Wendell Berry