A Love Supreme
when we love ourselves, it’s a revolution
Here’s to health, love, life, and friendship…
The Essence of Movement
Sometimes
people
spend
way
too
much
time
wondering
…about hair.
There is a poem…well…there are many…but there is one in
particular that says it all. It is by Ruth Foreman and it is called If You Lose Your Pen…
…and all you find is a broken pencil on the floor
and the pencil has no sharpener
and the sharpener is in the store
and your pocket has no money
and if you look again
and all you find is a black Bic
and the Bic you need is green
and if it appears beneath the mattress of your couch
but the couch is dirty and you suddenly want to clean
beneath the pillows
but you have no vacuum and the vacuum is in the store
and your pocket has no money
it is not your pen you are looking for
it is your tongue and those who speak with it
your grandmothers and doves and ebony spiders
hovering the corners of your throat
it is your tongue
and if you cannot find your tongue do not go looking for the cat
you know you will not find her
she is in the neighbor’s kitchen eating Friskies
she is in the neighbor’s yard making love
if you cannot find your tongue do not look for it
for you are so busy looking it cannot find you
the doves are getting dizzy and your grandmothers annoyed
be still and let them find you
they will come when they are ready
and when they are
it will not matter if your pockets are empty
if your write with a green Bic or a black Bic
or the blood of your finger
you will write
you will write
when we love ourselves, it’s a revolution…
“Freedom is freedom from fear, from anger, from forgetfulness. And our practice is the practice of freedom. Our practice is the practice of awakening. So that we realize the fact that life is a wonder, that it is possible to live happily in the here and now, that it is possible to touch the love deep in us, to take good care of us in order to take care of the other person or persons.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
(“selfie” photo credits: Deborah Cowell)
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…Are you ready?
It’s time.
