"Monet for Mom" by Hope Arden, acrylic on canvas

They can be like a sun, words.

They can do for the heart

what light can

for a field.

~ St. John of the Cross

What Is Real?

Only Love is real.

Everything 

else 

is 

I

L

L

U

S

I

O

N

.

It Is a Lie

It is a lie—any talk of God

that does not

comfort

you.

—Meister Eckhart

The Sky's Sheets

When He touches me I clutch the sky’s sheets,

the way other 

lovers 

do

the earth’s weave

of clay.

Any real ecstasy is a sign 

you are moving 

in the right

direction,

don’t let any prude tell

you otherwise.

~ St. Teresa of Avila

Secrets

I tell the trees my secrets and they whisper back 

the most beautiful things to me…

Sometimes, it’s better to not wish, 
and just let the Universe take care of it. 

Sometimes the Universe knows better 
what’s good for you.

~ Yoko Ono

The ability to simplify
means to eliminate
the unnecessary
so that the necessary
may speak.

~ Hans Hofmann

Step Into the Light

Step into the light. 

Move deeper 

into the mystery.

Sky Blue Sky

I Am

“I am not my thoughts, emotions, 
sense perceptions, and experiences. 
I am not the content of my life. I am Life. 
I am the space in which all things happen. 
I am consciousness. I am the Now. I Am.”

~ Eckhart Tolle

Let It Snow

The snow falls, each flake in its appropriate place.

~ Zen saying

No More Words

No more words.

Hear only the voice within.

~ Rumi

Wild Geese

Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, 

are heading home again. 

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, 

the world offers itself to your imagination, 

calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting — 

over and over announcing your place 

in the family of things. 

—Mary Oliver

“Split a piece of wood; I am here. 

Lift up the stone, and you will find me there.” 

~ Gospel of Thomas

Orange Sky

To have this one day is a gift 

to have so many days  

so many adventures  

so many dark nights dawning in bright mornings  

so many encounters opening to friendships  

is a blessing beyond measure.  

~ Anthony Lawlor

The quieter you become, 
the more you are able to hear.

~ Zen saying