Category Archives: A glimpse of Peace

Kindness in an Every Day Life

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When I see a face with the weight of sorrow it is a moment of  seeking to love .

If welcomed  into your eyes there  may be softening , a gentle glow when you know you are visible .

When I  see a smile easing itself out from the  depths then the connection becomes alive .

If a breath to show life is shared hen why not the sorrows and the fears ?

When I walk to feel the sweet Earth beneath my feet and pause to know you are feeling her too , then we are connected .

If  a  chance meeting with a song from a bird so close on the branch that the smile overtakes me  so that I think of you .

When given the chance to see how compassion has brought new light for us all  to see

then I am free.

 

‘ Music of Life ‘ http://chapman-art.com

The Coziness of Our Beloved Earth

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When she is able …

she will hold you gently amongst ancient trees , inviting you to hear their songs .

When she is permitted …

she will caress you with waters running free ….to clear away your debris .

When she is given notice …

she will reveal  miracles , sometimes in a place as small as a speck of light .

When she is respected …

her giving flows and flows .

Thank you beloved  Earth .

I Rise and Sometimes I Fall

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In my dreams  ,  in deepest mediation I fly free .

I enter this life carrying the open heart from all of the lifetimes gone by .

And when the walls from the lower place of the  ego place are in the way I , sometimes , rise

and I , sometimes , fall.

Try and try again I try to see in a singular  breath all  of the grace

alive in the sacred space of life .

Alone and never alone . 

FREEDOM

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She hides in plain view and  … can be heard singing in your ear .

A melody or a chant rising from within and turning into a declaration of life .

She looks above and over the lines that have been drawn

and sees a clear flight .

She will pound inside your heart  only when the cause is not right .

And tenderly caress your spirit’s wings into peace

and into the night .

‘Walking Across the Water ‘ acrylic 18×24″

A Fiery Night

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An invitation to awaken  by a dream …

to go willingly or not at all ?

I dare to go .

And please leave your mask at the door , should you choose  to join me .

Laughing wildly or holding poses ,

the steps are all the same .

Loving life is free

so why or why charge a fee ?

‘Coming into Being’ chalk pastel 18×24 2/2013 #48

Quiet

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Quiet .  A morning unfolds in sweetness and sounds of a willing life .

Hues gently strolling  in and waking the hopes for courage .

Smile .  Greetings to you  and with  a gift of warm eyes  I speak  with truth .

Wind comes with a blessing  and there is not sacrifice in a beating heart .

Roar .  Into the night the blues and magicians in the stars come awake .

Startled or peaceful  ,  it is you .

‘NEW DAWN’ 11×14 chalk pastels 2012 Donation to Bailey Boushay seattle

 

Warm Embrace

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Warm embraces

and

forceful steps   are ….

lingering  and speaking .

Prayers are more than you think .

A silent language living in a single cell

and

then multiplying  as we think .

The way is compassion  not hate .

It is a choice , after all  ,  that warm embrace .

Friends

 

 

Fearless Mystery

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Trading the idea of comfort for mystery , it comes and then it goes.

And

The familiar is already alive inside and goes where you go .

And

The mystery you imagine is alive inside

And

in the stars up above , in the mountain that you see and in  the whispers  among the trees .

And

in the depths of your eyes , in the love you seek and in the nudges from your soul

to grow .

‘Essence ‘

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The ancient wounds … oh my , we thought you were  gone .   But here you are back again .

We love you not and   You must go… again .

That spinning web of tales that captures the broken ones . Never too late to see .

It’s you and it’s me and we are free .

Whose will shall  be done ?

I see you and know that we are both flesh .  The same love for you as for me .

We are free ,  won’t you see ?

Mon Coeur

There Go Eye

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Waking up amidst the moments of imaging and living ,

there go eye .

In clear sight I see the waves  and choose to roll over them

and yearn to play .

The light draws me in and lets the laughter

go and all the while I roll and roll .

Waking up amidst a dream and clear blue light .

There is  a rhythm  and it is in

your heart .

The Earth’s Heart
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