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Beneficence in Unlikely Packages
Poems From The Porch photo by Lina Trochez on Unsplash.com The events over which you feel powerless, the ones that seem to threaten your...
Rev. Ani
Mar 21, 20222 min read
To Further the Reign of Love
Poems From The Porch photo by Tim Cooper on Unsplash.com Today I am giving you the desire of your heart so that you may further the reign...
Rev. Ani
Mar 14, 20222 min read
The Folly of Judgment
For Mike Poems From The Porch photo by Annika Treial on Unsplash.com To expect a wild horse not to buck a rider is clearly unreasonable....
Rev. Ani
Mar 8, 20222 min read
The Richness of Life
Poems From The Porch I finally spied the woodpecker, after many mornings hearing him drill for food. The ginger and white kitten is...
Rev. Ani
Mar 5, 20222 min read
Without Limit
Poems From The Porch photo by Nick Scheerbart on Unsplash.com A gray mist is obscuring the trees at a distance in the same way that dark...
Rev. Ani
Mar 4, 20222 min read
Suchness
Poems From The Porch photo by Łukasz Rawa on Unsplash.com Breathing deeply of this moment, I notice . . . the persistent woodpecker doing...
Rev. Ani
Feb 28, 20222 min read
Seasons
Poems From The Porch Winter dreams of Spring and the hope of a new beginning. Barren branches are waiting to bud, their secret workings...
Rev. Ani
Feb 20, 20222 min read
Where The Spark Is
Poems From The Porch The crowing, cooing, chirping, and cock-a-doodle-doing seem almost in competition this morning. I don’t like to...
Rev. Ani
Feb 18, 20221 min read
The Appearance of Light
Poems From The Porch A collection of droplets, seeming insubstantial as you approach it, is cloaking the dawn. It cannot be grasped and...
Rev. Ani
Feb 17, 20221 min read
The Advent of Self-Love
Poems From The Porch Have you ever considered the worthiness of a tree and what right it has to be here? Sitting in the stillness of this...
Rev. Ani
Dec 17, 20212 min read
When the Mind Needs to Remember What the Heart Knows
Poems From The Porch White bird in the shallows stands poised, a graceful statuette awaiting provision. Silver-glassed water reflecting...
Rev. Ani
Dec 16, 20212 min read
Participating in Daybreak
Poems From The Porch Dawn is singing her morning song, lighting up the black trees and inviting the roosters to call in the day....
Rev. Ani
Nov 23, 20212 min read
You've Got This
Poems From The Porch Photo by x ) on Unsplash.com The choice is yours. You feel these compelling desires to develop yourself in a...
Rev. Ani
Nov 19, 20212 min read
Maybe You Can Relate
Poems From The Porch A new kitten showed up yesterday. It is clear that she wants to belong. She sits on the edge of the porch, engaging...
Rev. Ani
Nov 18, 20212 min read
The Simple Joy of Being-ness
Poems From The Porch Sitting on the porch, a gift in itself, highlights the simple joy of being-ness. A fragment of web, roguishly...
Rev. Ani
Nov 15, 20212 min read
The Rightness of Your Unfolding
Poems From The Porch The purslane buds wait every morning to open to the warmth of the sun. The brilliant rays invoke their passionate...
Rev. Ani
Nov 14, 20212 min read
Holiness Discovering Holiness
Poems From The Porch Sweet mist veiling the blue Crackling fire offering aroma Cozy morning scene presenting the gifts of the day Merton...
Rev. Ani
Nov 11, 20211 min read
In All Things
Poems From The Porch to let go of striving and the need to know to relinquish the search and the chase to rest in silence of mind and...
Rev. Ani
Nov 10, 20211 min read
A Duality of Preferences
Poems From The Porch resistance and clinging precursors of suffering pain labeled bad avoid and avert pleasure labeled good grasp and...
Rev. Ani
Nov 7, 20211 min read
Seeing the Face of God
Poems From The Porch So often I have failed to recognize You, Breath of my breath, for I have been enchanted by your love notes left...
Rev. Ani
Nov 4, 20212 min read
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