Shadow

Stone 1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


To honour and accept one's own shadow is a profound spiritual discipline. 

Robert Johnson

People

Stones and shadow, Five Oaks, Paris, Ontario, Canada, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     People are like stones:
     they are so beautiful, even with all their imperfections.

        Michael George Skibinski [October 21, 1930 - September 1, 2012]


        In Memory of the Rev. Dr. Michael George Skibinski. Mike was a brilliant man with an assuming
        smile and twinkling eyes. I remember him as someone who was always open to new and different
        possibilities. I miss your gentle inquisitive questions, Mike. May you rest in peace.

Poetry of Life

RIC_9812-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The primary symptom of a soul that has become sick

is that it becomes blind to the poetry of life.

M. Craig Barnes, The Pastor as Minor Poet: Texts and Subtexts in the Ministerial Life

To be complete

RIC_0014-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

   You can’t be a complete person without having to

   wrestle with your own demons – and, for that matter,

   with your own angel. 

     Harold S. Kushner, Living a Life That Matters

The Days

RCC_9469, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The days are too short for love;

how can there ever be time for quarrelling?

Margaret Gatty

In silence

RCC_0446
Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

In silence we must wrap much of our life, because it is too fine for speech.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Circle of Life

RC1_9870
Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

The drum does not beat alone, nor does the heart, in the circle of life.

Alf Dumont

Poet

RCC_9638
Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

The poet furnishes the world with fresh knowledge, combining the gift of speech (oratio) with he gift of reason (ratio), creating figures on the page that becomes a substance themselves, interpreting reality as much as reflecting it.

Jay Parini, Why Poetry Matters

Emancipation

A young monk asked the Master:
"How can I ever get emancipated?"
The Master replied:
"Who has ever put you in bondage?"

Buddhist Teachings