earth laughs in flowers

mjd - 2015

emerson personified the earth

and told us that it laughs in flowers.

with our eyes and heart open 

we also bear witness to it

dancing in leaves

singing in whistling winds

dreaming in clouds

creating in the webs of spiders

sheltering in oaks

and

soothing in falling rains. 

how fortunate we are to be alive. 

mjd - 2015

no mud, no lotus -

this little gem of thich nhat hanh's has become something of a mantra for me.

i found myself slogging about in the mud without wellies on these past few months.

without wellies perhaps,

but abundantly with

the love

kindness

compassion

concern

and generosity

of others.

for this, i thank you -