Wisdom
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Family & Relatives
Older doesn’t always mean wiser, my grandfather once said. Sometimes it just means older.
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Raspberry Patch
My great-grandmother sent us out to pick raspberries in her garden while she watched the first moon walk on TV. You’ll have plenty of time to see things like that, she said, but those raspberries were carried overland by your great-great-grandfather. She was very wise. I see pictures of the moon walk all the time, … [Read More]
Old Cat
Sometimes I think I’m going to end up all alone in a cold apartment living on cat food from a can but I guess that’s not so bad since I’m a cat after all.
Landscape of the Heart (Feminine)
It is still so new & all we see is the empty space, but that is not how it is in the landscape of the heart. There, there is no empty space & she still laughs & grapples with ideas & plans & nods wisely with each of us in turn. We are proud to … [Read More]
Landscape of the Heart (Masculine)
It is still so new & all we see is the empty space, but that is not how it is in the landscape of the heart. There, there is no empty space & he still laughs & grapples with ideas & plans & nods wisely with each of us in turn. We are proud to … [Read More]
Knowing Right
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Personal Growth
I’m not so good at taking my own advice, she said, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know what’s right.
Intuition
How do you know? she said & the answers fell like feathers, or the first snowflakes of November, light & without words. I looked in her eyes & smiled. You just know, I said.