by Christina | May 3, 2015 | Poetry
Often the trajectory of our lives is not a straight line. We think we are going toward a particular destination. Then life disrupts our plans and intentions. Ruth Feldman’s poem reminds us to trust the process of the deeper intelligence that is the foundation...
by Christina | May 11, 2013 | From The Blog, Poetry
I was first introduced to this short passage in James Hollis’s book The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife. (Inner City Books, 1993)I love this poem very much because it reflects the process we go through as we strive to be conscious. It reminds...
by Christina | May 11, 2013 | Poetry
Mary Oliver’s poem journey speaks to challenges we face when we embark on a journey of self-discovery and self-exploration. It is a process of discernment, of distinguishing the voices of parents and society from our true voice of authenticity. One day you...
by Christina | May 11, 2013 | Poetry
We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of...
by Christina | May 11, 2013 | Poetry
The being human is a guest house Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its...
by Christina | May 11, 2013 | Poetry
Those who will not slip beneath the still surface of the well of grief turning downward through its black water to the place we cannot breathe will never know the source from which we drink, the secret water, cold and clear, nor find in the darkness glimmering the...
