With her poem "Tend", Bay Area Zen poet Colleen Morton Busch offers a gift of wisdom, acceptance, and nourishment to readers.
Tag: Wisdom
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The hardest battles of cancer often give rise to the most resilience, wisdom and love. BY NOAH LANE BROWNE
Jack Phillips – What We Learn in the Woods
Lebanese-American poet and naturalist Jack Phillips revels in the sacredness, wisdom, and romanticism of wild places.
Mary Oliver – To Begin With, the Sweetgrass
Great wisdom may be addition by subtraction - by releasing our preoccupation with individual identity, we enter a vast and bountiful connection with all of life.
Running After Loves – Ray Bradbury on Fostering Hunger in Writing
Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice
The Way Back to Our Own True Nature: Wisdom from the Tao Te Ching
How rushing or forcing things, becoming clever or rich lead us away from living in step with the natural way of the world.
The Leap: Norma Wong on Leaving the Safety of What We Know
Norma Wong's rousing call to courage is not the absence of fear, but "what we are about in the face of fear and doubt."
Li-Young Lee – From Blossoms
Beyond the nationality and identity markers that divide us, Li-Young Lee's poem connects us with what occurs when our sense of being separate, solitary 'selves' drops.
‘How Can I Best Serve the World?’: Brother David Steindl-Rast on Finding Our True Vocation
Brother David on doing what you love, being aware of your gifts, and bringing your best self to the table.
Songbird Birdsong
BY PAMELA AYO YETUNDE - A retelling of the Buddhist legend of Kisa Gotami, bereaved mother Keisha comes to a Buddhist Monastery for guidance.