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Embracing the Calm at My Center
Poems From The Porch I refuse to look at the storm today because the calm at my center is much more attractive. Rocky weather comes and...
Rev. Ani
Feb 27, 20211 min read
Destined To Bloom
Poems From The Porch Two robins and a woodpecker—hop, hop, hop, rapid t t t t t t tapping. Now the fluffy kitty has spied the robins,...
Rev. Ani
Feb 25, 20211 min read
A Tribute to Gerald May
Poems From The Porch A multitude of blackbirds just flew by the window, and again, in waves, they glide and swoop. They are hopeful and...
Rev. Ani
Feb 18, 20211 min read
The Blessing of Winter
Poems From The Porch The world is winter white today, and the once-rippling water under the oak is a solid mass. The blanche blanket...
Rev. Ani
Feb 15, 20211 min read
When A Person Speaks In The Forest
Poems From The Porch The green leaves of the ligustrum are waving a greeting today. Lucy and I can see them from our snuggly perch in my...
Rev. Ani
Feb 14, 20211 min read
No Experience Necessary
Poems From The Porch The idea of being worthy or of deserving things is only relevant to those who do not understand that we all have a...
Rev. Ani
Feb 11, 20211 min read
Welcoming Infinite Blue
Poems From The Porch Quantum physics tells us that we live in a world of potentialities that manifest as we participate in it. This...
Rev. Ani
Feb 10, 20211 min read
Some Call It Fog
Poems From The Porch The opportunity to have our heads in the clouds, to be impractical and to daydream about creative ideas, has visited...
Rev. Ani
Feb 9, 20211 min read
And How Do You Start Your Day?
Poems From The Porch Good morning, robin! Good morning, rooster! Good morning, songbird singing so sweetly! Good morning, dogs playing...
Rev. Ani
Feb 8, 20211 min read
For Love
Poems From The Porch photo by Alex Block on Unsplash.com It doesn’t matter what I do today, but that I do it as an offering to Love....
Rev. Ani
Feb 6, 20211 min read
This Moment Now
Poems From The Porch I brought a folding chair out to the field to watch the sunrise and toasted the morning with my coffee, just because...
Rev. Ani
Feb 4, 20211 min read
How to Make Lasting Changes and Suffer Less
Do you notice that there is a pattern of negative consequences in your life that seems to reoccur like clockwork? I realized a long time...
Rev. Ani
Jan 31, 20215 min read
All That Is Ever Needed
Rooster crowing Dove cooing Blackbirds announcing their flight overhead Chimes gracefully singing Tea light swaying All are part of the...
Rev. Ani
Jan 28, 20211 min read
The Path of the Mystic
Poems From The Porch photo by Robert Lukeman on Unsplash.com to see beauty everywhere while not considering whether I am beautiful to...
Rev. Ani
Jan 27, 20211 min read
Drinking Deeply of Breath
Poems From The Porch Robin red breast hopping in the yard Blue jay observing from a limb Woodpecker persistently drilling for attention...
Rev. Ani
Jan 24, 20211 min read
How To Transcend Your Enneagram Personality Type
converting vice to virtue on the path of personal transformation The enneagram personality typology provides a map of the territory of...
Rev. Ani
Jan 22, 20216 min read
Enraptured
Poems From The Porch To what freedom am I being called today? To what lightness of being? Perhaps it is the introspection of knowing what...
Rev. Ani
Jan 21, 20211 min read
Thank You, Dr. King
Poems From The Porch The blue sky calm of my peaceful porch environment belies the social unrest that is rumbling like a growl in the...
Rev. Ani
Jan 18, 20211 min read
Yoga as Contemplative Prayer
What would my life and relationships be like if my intent were just to be present? What if I were not trying to be efficient, be...
Rev. Ani
Jan 18, 20214 min read
In the Eternity of Love
Poems From The Porch There is a strong wind gusting, inspired by the cold, and I feel it, too, stimulating my spirit with eager...
Rev. Ani
Jan 17, 20211 min read
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