Valentines Day Dance at Puddleduckpuppet Plaza

It's All Temporary

Puddleduckpuppets Plaza News at 5

It's All Temporary

The Museum of One's Kitchen

It's All Temporary

Shadow and Light Source Both by Rumi

How does a part of the world leave the world?

How does wetness leave water? Don't try to

put out a fire by throwing on more fire! Don't

wash a wound with blood.  No matter how fast

you run, your shadow keeps up.  Sometimes it's

in front!  Only full overhead sun diminishes

your shadow.  But that shadow has been serving

you.  What hurts you blesses you.  Darkness is 

                                                     

your candle.  Your boundaries are your quest.

I could explain this, but it will break the

glass cover on your heart and there's no

fixing that.  You must have shadow and light

source both.  Listen, and lay your head under

the tree of awe.  When from that tree feathers

and wings sprout on you, be quieter than

a dove.  Don't open your mouth for even a coo

Rumi

"I could explain this, but it will break the glass cover on your heart and there's no fixing that."  Isn't that a beautiful line? And then the last four lines, Don't open your mouth for even a coo. When I am feeling down I read Rumi who never fails to tell me what I need to hear.

It's All Temporary

Doggie DNA

It's All Temporary

God Went to Beauty School

God Went to Beauty School
by Cynthia Rylant

He went there to learn how
to give a good perm
and ended up just crazy
about nails
so He opened up His own shop.
"Nails by Jim" He called it.
He was afraid to call it
Nails by God.
He was sure people would
think He was being
disrespectful and using
His own name in vain
and nobody would tip.
He got into nails, of course,
because He'd always loved
hands--
hands were some of the best things
He'd ever done
and this way He could just
hold one in His
and admire those delicate
bones just above the knuckles,
delicate as birds' wings,
and after He'd done that
awhile,
He could paint all the nails
any color He wanted,
then say,
"Beautiful,"
and mean it.

It's All Temporary

Synchronicity - "Godwinks"

Wikipedia says synchronicity is the experience of two or more events that are apparently causally unrelated or unlikely to occur together by chance and that are observed to occur together in a meaningful manner. It is similar to, but holds more meaning than a mere coincidence.  Some people call synchronicity “Godwinks.”

During periods of my life when I think about the concept, episodes of synchronicity seem to flow into my life on a regular basis.  Within the past week, the following happened:

1. My swimming is progressing well, but in spite of the fact that my granddaughter, Carly, has patiently demonstrated the flip turn, I am fearful of actually doing one in the water.  I was thinking about this yesterday while swimming laps when who should begin to share my lane with me but a young girl about ten years old. She repeatedly swam a few yards, turned and practiced her flip turns over and over again.  After about 15 minutes I asked her if she would teach me, and she did!  My turns were simply awful, my butt wavered above water like a beached whale, but at least I did them. 

1. Ten years ago I spent several months at a retreat center in the Sierras, owned and     operated by the followers of Paramahansa Yogananda. After returning to “my life,” the memory faded but lingered on to one degree or another.  A few weeks after moving to Waltham, a picked up a brochure blowing in the wind on the town green, and it described the BMG, The Boston Meditation Group for followers of Yogananda, and they met a block from my apartment.  I have been faithfully attending ever since.

1. My doctor ordered several tests for me at Newton Wellesley Hospital.  I was walking Oskar early this morning pondering whether I should go to Newton Wellesley or maybe go to Mass General or Beth Israel, larger better known hospitals. I ran into a fellow early morning walker who mentioned to me that he was on his way to Newton Wellesley Hospital to see a client.  I asked him what he thought of NWH, and he said it’s the best, many doctors from the larger Boston hospitals practice there.  

1. My favorite "Godwink" occurred several years ago when my son was ill and in an ICU at a hospital in Burlington, Vermont. We are not from Burlington so after spending several nights in a local hotel I asked the information desk at the hospital if there was any residence where I could stay and they said that there was a convent of retired nuns across from the hospital, and the nuns would be happy to put me up.  Those nuns were like angels, they offered me peace and a clean room and even breakfast!  I asked them what type of nuns they were and they said that they were The Sisters of Mercy.  For years, one of my favorite singers has been Leonard Cohen, and of all his songs, I love The Sisters of Mercy best.  What a sweet Godwink!

(Please note that I am having trouble with my numbering, and I cannot seem to fix it!  Oh well.)

It's All Temporary