“So It Is With Love”

So it is with Love so perfect and true,
Love from within, Love for you.
Love that we give to all we meet,
To love like Jesus who washed their feet.

Sometimes we just simply do not know how,
That love is instilled deep within somehow.
It is the work of a God so true,
Instilled is true love through and through.

Love our ... read more

My dear friend Richard Nowogrodzki wrote the following beautiful and wise poems. Richard is dying of cancer. We first met many, many years ago. Richard would drive me to the Meditation Center in Valois, through the Blueberry Patch, past Tburg, down winding single lanes, when the world was young, when we were young. We have been good friends ever si... read more

“It Is What It Is”

It is what it is, that's what they say,
A time to understand that we must kneel down and pray.
It is what it is to know and understand all that's yet to be,
God's faithful promise of a new life for you and for me.

It is what it is in all of life's trials and tribulations,
It is through His Son Jesus that we are not forsaken.... read more

"As long as space abides and as
long as the world abides,
so long may I abide,
destroying the suffering of the world."
Shantideva

Strengthening, strengthening, strengthening
one's desire for full emancipation.
Diminishing, diminishing, diminishing
one's desire for sentient existence.
In truth, there is no desire for nirvana nor for samsara.
Cons... read more