beauty – Ancient Skies

Filling My Heart with Song

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Filling my heart with song, is simply

standing on top of the mountain, touching the sky

being surrounded by the blue,

embraced

and listening to the wind.

I will praise the One.

Covering Us with Clouds Pushed Away

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Light dances on the ocean, little prayers really

for us to consider, purifying

our thoughts with the unlimited

being so deep and beautiful,

as the sky moves,

covering us with clouds pushed away.

Simply Filled

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We cannot possess love and hold it tightly,

but we are simply filled –

allowing it to move in us

from a stream

to the power

of a river,

to an ocean

untamed,

and covered

by an endless sky.

Each of Us an Epic Poem

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Our brokenness creates the story

of the healing in our veins,

each of us an epic poem

victory

of wings – above the pain.

Racial Healing

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Racial healing doesn’t mean we all become the same,

it’s a matter of embracing each other

and accepting, who we are,

each one.

Healing and Strength to Body and Soul

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“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.”

John Muir

Scottish born John Muir, worked for most of his life to preserve the wilderness of the American west. He was a conservationist before there was such a thing. Muir helped the National Parks become established, with the National Parks Bill passing Congress in 1890.

This bill established Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks. He was often called the “Mountain Prophet”, and is now considered the, “Father of the National Parks”. His books have inspired millions.

In this quote, Muir so beautifully illustrates the connection of the physical and spiritual worlds. For Muir the spiritual was deeply rooted in nature, or perhaps nature was deeply rooted in the spiritual.

Nature is also good for the body. I love the expression, we need, “beauty as well as bread”. Life is more than just the physical world, it is more than just the spiritual world. It is both at the same time, and both are equally important.

Peace.

Originally posted June, 2015

In the Canyons of Rivers

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In canyons of rivers, in the roar of the ocean, I am the earth

and you are the wildness, that washes me.

You are my healer, carrying my heart

as we live in the love, unending.

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