Hibernation is an appropriate term. I still do things sometimes though...an update includes same ol' circus training, painting here and there, cooking, photoing, the odd little trip, preparing to start writing my final thesis and wallowing in the tides of uncertain futures...how poetic. I still can't decide if I should run away to the circus or a monastery.
Canada calls for another Christmas visit, and I admit I'm relatively giddy about the whole prospect...
Anywhoodles...that's enough of a sign of life as far as I'm concerned...I'm a terribly unreliable blog writer...

Immer Zeit

Possible

Finding Kindness

Some lovely thoughts from my mother...

My belief was that kindness

was the territory of the timid

belied by their martyrdom.

My belief was that kindness

was the tool of the rich

to flaunt their superiority.

My belief was that kindness

was a prescribed social nicety.

Turns out - I was wrong.

The Dalai Lama says,

My religion is kindness.

It was the kindness of strangers

that started it.

Random acts and sweet surprises

that made me realize

The world's machinations are

greased by generosity.

Turns out - that to realize a truth

at times it needs to be

out of context.

The Dalai Lama says,

My religion is kindness.

Then it was the self-view

that cemented it.

Discovering that kindness for oneself

can be the most difficult

for this North American soul.

Kindness that cuts through contempt

to provide warm relief and release.

Turns out - that repeated applications of kindness

gentles the mind.

The Dalai Lama says,

My religion is kindness.

Turns out -

Kindness is a force

and

Peace is it's twin.

Turns out -

Kindness creates potential

for love of ourselves

and

love by others.

Turns out -

Kindness is a necessity

on the road to freedom.

The Dalai Lama says,

My religion is kindness.

Hairfull

I've decided until I get my eloquence with the English language a bit more rejuvenated, I will supplement my blog with new photos...never seen before on the internet!

Astroturfer