Soul

Beyond Wrongdoing and Rightdoing

May 11, 2010
missouri fox trotter

This is a view from the balcony of my new place.  Hot Shot is one of the horses I care for, a Missouri Foxtrotter, and he is a horse with an attitude.  Did he get his name because he acts like a hot shot, or does he act like a hot shot because he got [...]

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Splashing Inside My Chest

March 30, 2010

When the ocean surges, don’t let me just hear it.  Let it splash inside my chest! Rumi I think of all the times that I have missed experiencing life deeply; all the times that life flirts with me, invites me, asks me to dance, and I fail to notice.  I don’t notice because I’m distracted, [...]

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Breathing Dawn

February 26, 2010

The ancients advise waking with the dawn. Rumi says, “The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.  Don’t go back to sleep.”  And, “The morning wind spreads its fresh smell.  We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live.  Breathe before it’s gone.”*  Spiritual practitioners of today often recommend [...]

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I See Soul

February 25, 2010

  This is spooky.  She is blind.  She may be the most soulful horse I’ve ever met.  She has a courageous vulnerability that is gripping.  She moves through her world very differently than the horses around her.  She navigates the huge pasture with amazing grace and courage.  She may not be able to see me [...]

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