Friday, March 31, 2017

May disappointments
vanish like the morning mists
with the rising sun.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Lovely evening,
sun setting on peach blossoms,
as Chinese painting.

Monday, March 27, 2017

As a blind man feels when he finds a pearl in a dustbin, so am I amazed by the miracle of Bodhi rising in my consciousness. It is the nectar of immortality that delivers us from death, the treasure that lifts us above poverty into the wealth of giving to life, the tree that gives shade to us when we roam about scorched by life, the bridge that takes us across the stormy river of life, the cool moon of compassion that calms our mind when it is agitated, the sun that dispels darkness, the butter made from the milk of kindness by churning it with the dharma. It is a feast of joy to which all are invited.
- Shantideva

Sunday, March 26, 2017

I takes one a long time to become young. 
Pablo Picasso

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which  were overcome while trying to succeed. 
Booker T. Washington

Friday, March 24, 2017

Is it so small a thing
To have enjoyed the sun
To have lived light in the spring
To have loved, to have thought,
 to have done?
Matthew Arnold

Monday, March 20, 2017

And now...

for something completely different...
yay, the vernal equinox!

Monday, March 13, 2017

Watching snow swirling,
ceaselessly, drifting, changing,
the whole, long morning.

Thursday, March 2, 2017

After images
 reveal true colors, not white,
but glaring blue light.