Category Archives: Mindfulness

Life’s Joys

Posted on March 4, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

“Ah! I need solitude. I have come forth to this hill at sunset to see the forms of the mountains in the horizon.” Henry Thoreau. My mind is overwhelmed at times; Devastation – humanities crimes. It’s then I need to … Continue reading →

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Doing – Quick – Being – Slower

Posted on March 4, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

It never moves in still life; the constancy is there; this image is everything – still and stark and bare. I see it and I know this is where beauty lies; the beauty of stillness , where Doingness just dies. … Continue reading →

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Why?

Posted on March 4, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

Finding the eye of my own tornado; quietly watching how my tempests flow. Watching, feeling the turmoil of my day helps me seek out yet another way. It’s not the tempest but how I reply That answers the question when … Continue reading →

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My Tornado

Posted on March 4, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

The eye of the tornado, a place where I can stand to observe what’s around me; life’s shifting sand. Life is my tornado and it’s my choice to be swept up in the maelstrom or standing proud and free. To … Continue reading →

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Voices

Posted on January 19, 2017 by a foolhardy florilegium

The simple sensation of breathing fills my heart again and the air that ripples over me eases any pain. Standing on a mountain top or on some sandy shore I always know one thing for sure; there will be plenty … Continue reading →

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Introspection

Posted on September 9, 2016 by a foolhardy florilegium

I don’t know where I’ve been today but I think I had fun anyway. Perhaps I wandered by a stream; or maybe that was just a dream. Mayhaps I flew way up so high I could see deep down into the … Continue reading →

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That Mindful Place

Posted on March 3, 2016 by a foolhardy florilegium

The here and now is where I sit; the perfect place to rest a bit. A place where trouble can’t get in; there is no Sainthood – there’s no sin. A place where thoughts can pass me by; I watch … Continue reading →

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Play

Posted on January 31, 2016 by a foolhardy florilegium

I feel the pain that is my heart disolve before this Mindful art. Embracing thoughts that I can feel applies a salve I know will heal. Perhaps one day I’ll even be alive enough to feel I’m free. I know … Continue reading →

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Questions

Posted on October 22, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Why do I wander, what do I seek? Where is this place of which so few speak? Where is that place where we can find peace? Where is that place where all war will cease? When will I find it, … Continue reading →

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Now

Posted on October 20, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

There it is, that place called “Now;” I look at it and wonder how I missed it over all these years, distracted by my own minds fears. I should have known it was the truth; I glimpsed it once back … Continue reading →

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Fear

Posted on October 7, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

I had a fear, I held it firm; I watched my own illusion squirm. While l held it in my grip, I felt the pain it caused me slip; I saw then it had no power, leaving space for me … Continue reading →

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Chorus of the Dawn

Posted on September 29, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Songs of laughter, songs of praise, each morning as their voices raise in chorus, joyful to the Dawn they usher in a new day born. The Chorus of the Dawn l hear and to my heart it is so dear.

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Silence

Posted on August 14, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

There is no need to fill this world with noises never ending; that is not the way to stop overburdened minds from bending. Somewhere within this constant mess we need some time to rest, for only in the silence are … Continue reading →

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Ostanenie

Posted on July 7, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Ostanenie A word that many would never use, prefer to lose or just excuse. But it’s meaning’s clear if we hold it near it’ll help us steer a path through the grime of space and time, reaching heights sublime. So it … Continue reading →

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Meditation & Trains

Posted on March 16, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Each morning I sit quietly, eyes closed like all the rest but if you broke my slumber I’d never pass the test. For though dawn may be breaking and all around me snore my eyes are closed but mind awake; … Continue reading →

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