Category Archives: philosophy

Have a Little Talk With Fear

Posted on April 28, 2020 by randomyriad

Pema Chödrön: A Story about Fear Once there was a young warrior. Her teacher told her that she had to do battle with fear. She didn’t want to do that. It seemed too aggressive; it was scary; it seemed unfriendly. But … Continue reading →

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April Poems 2020 #2: Foolish but Necessary Allowances

Posted on April 21, 2020 by randomyriad

Tree It is foolish to let a young redwood grow next to a house. Even in this one lifetime, you will have to choose. That great calm being, this clutter of soup pots and books— Already the first branch-tips brush … Continue reading →

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Paradise is Around Us Always: A Poem in 2 Parts

Posted on April 2, 2020 by randomyriad

 

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April Poems 2020 #1: Loss and Leaving

Posted on April 1, 2020 by randomyriad

TODAY, ANOTHER UNIVERSE by Jane Hirshfield The arborist has determined: senescence      beetles      canker quickened by drought but in any case not prunable   not treatable   not to be propped. And so. The branch from which the sharp-shinned hawks and their mate-cries. The trunk where the … Continue reading →

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Maybe We Should Have Another Focus?

Posted on March 29, 2020 by randomyriad

There were none of those thousand sources of irritation that the ingenuity of civilized man has created to mar his own felicity. There were no foreclosures of mortgages, no protested notes, no bills payable, no debts of honour in Typee; … Continue reading →

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