he's the man...

Shelter From the Storm

"And if I pass this way again you can rest assured
I'll always do my best for her on that I give my word
In a world of steel-eyed death and men who are fighting to be warm
"Come in" she said
"I'll give you shelter from the storm".

 

-Bob Dylan

Little Girl....

Little girl, don't you go letting life harden your heart. 

 

 

If you look hard enough....

Behind the hardness of rage

and the shakiness of fear

there is tenderness in sorrow and in gratitude.

Risky business

Bodhichitta

Bodhichitta is a Sanskrit word that means 'noble and awakened heart'. It is said that in difficult times, it is only bodhichitta that heals. When inspiration has become hidden, when we feel ready to give up, this is the time when healing can be found in the tenderness of the pain itself. Bodhitchitta is our heart - our wounded, softened heart. Right down there in the thick of things we discover the love that 

WILL NOT DIE. 

the thing about love.....

Practice Loving Kindness

The idea behind the art of practicing loving kindness? 

 

Like a mother bird and her chicks, we are a poignant mixture of something that isn't all that beautiful but is dearly loved. We stay with ourselves and others when we're screaming for food and have no feathers and also when we are more grown up and more appealing by worldly standards. 

 

LOVING KINDNESS.