Loving kindness meditation for a new era
Dear President Biden, Another haiku is all I can muster so here you go: These days, my mind (andmy heart) alternate betweencoasting and breaking. May we all be safe.May we all do our best to remain open to happiness.May we have the courage to insist on safety and happiness for everyone.May we accept that isolated …
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Dear President Biden, I’m not sure if it’s because I no longer have a daily practice of writing to the Oval Office occupant or if I’m just a lot busier than I was during the full-on DJT nightmare or if the ongoing toxic miasma that’s our news cycle is just too hard to bear, but …
Dear President Biden, Happy New Year to all of US! Here is a haiku to ponder as we make our way headlong into the new year: Twenty twenty-two;same old, same old, or can webreak free into love? May we all fall safely into new ways of being together.May we conjure joy every single day.May we …
Dear President Biden, I’ll go back later, when it’s light out, and snap a picture for posterity’s sake but in the mean time here’s a haiku portrait: Lime green bucket oflong-stemmed alliums labeled“Magic Wands – Take One.”* May we all be safe to find and use whatever magic wands might be at hand.May we be …
Dear President Biden, I’m not sure I can muster even a decent haiku under the current circumstances, but here goes: Inside my cocoonI feel safe. And powerless.But out is scary. Indeed. The sky is blue, the wind is calm, the traffic is quiet this morning but we are a world of mounting, creeping, lurching, hurtling …
Dear President Biden, I didn’t think the Chauvin verdict would come so quickly and rather than pivot now, I’m going to go with what I drafted this morning before work. But please know, I am relieved and grateful for Chauvin’s conviction on all three counts. At the same time, please know, I grieve for young …
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Dear President Biden, This morning I started a cup of dried chickpeas soaking in water so I could make falafel for dinner tonight. It was to be a Sunday treat – “was” being the operative word here. After several hours I looked into the bowl to check on the plumping progress and noticed some weird …
Dear President Biden, This morning our Senior Minister, the Reverend Dr. Kelle Brown, preached on “Entrances and Exits” for Palm Sunday, juxtaposing Jesus’s triumphal entrance into Jerusalem with his horrifying exit from this life via crucifixion. In unpacking her understanding of what happened to Jesus at this crucial juncture she lifted up the idea that …
Dear President Biden, I’m in the homestretch with the grant that’s due tomorrow but this needs to be another haiku night. Just for fun, I’m going to tell you what the title of this letter’s blog entry is since I’m finding all the “u” sounds amusing: “Grant due Tuesday haiku 2.” Here it is: We’ve …
Dear President Biden, I have a grant due on Tuesday and have been pouring pretty much everything into it so I’m sending along a quick haiku to say hello. They say empathyis your main superpowerand I am grateful. May we be safe while we work on the important work.May we be happy to have a …
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