I DON'T KNOW

I Don’t Know

Growing up there were magical words
like Abracadabra or someone other word
that made everything transform
in some magical way.
Today the words I use
when I don’t have an answer or solution
are simply
I don’t know.
There is nothing wrong with saying
I don’t know
because sometimes
I just don’t.
Not only are these worlds
magical for me,
but they are magical for others.
When I give myself permission
to say I don’t know,
I am also giving permission to others
to do the same.
None of us has to have all the answers
or all the solutions
and feel shamed when we don’t,
because the magic words now are
I don’t know.
It’s not saying I won’t know,
but that I don’t know now
and then we have the time and space
to know.
thus we begin the journey to learn and grow
which begins when we say
I don’t know.

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Alone Time

Alone Time

I have always enjoyed my alone time,
but in all honesty
I was not alone.
My alone time
is really about me
hanging out with the Ultimate
and just being
in each other’s presence.
Usually my alone time
is in mini blocks of time
but yesterday I spent
the whole day alone.
I experienced what it was like
to have Sabbath
to have a major block of
alone time
where we were together.
It doesn’t mean we are talking,
we are just being present.
Being alone with the Ultimate
allowed me to travel to a space
of peace, rest, clarity and rejuvenation.
It was a time of enjoyment,
laughter,
and dreams.
Alone time
can be any place,
any time,
for any length.
it is just about being alone
with the one you know
created you,
sustains you and
transforms you.

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Just a Piece

Just A Piece

Each day, we are given the opportunity
to build bridges that connect us
or walls that separate us.
We can think about life in a way
that makes the world smaller
or larger.
We can see ourselves as the puzzle
or a piece of the puzzle.
When we strive to control,
we fail to see the wonder and mystery of life.
When we remember
we are just a piece of the puzzle,
we can marvel at how
all the pieces come together
to create and form something
which enables us to celebrate
the mystery and the wonder
of which we are a part.

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Fred and Ginger

Fred and Ginger

I have always been amazed as I watched people
like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
and other dance couples perform.
It seems like they are all about
making the other look amazing.
Watching them dance has reminded me
that in my dance with my spouse,
I need to practice the moves
which maker her look good
on the dance floor of life.
We each are the Fred Astaire
to each other’s Ginger Rogers.
My newest question is to think about
what can I do to make her look amazing today.
How can I turn  her,
dip her,
and move her around
on the dance floor of life
in a way that makes us
look seamless and breathtaking.
Thinking about this brought me back
to when she was in school
and how I would make her look amazing
by editing her papers and projects.
Now it is the little things like
preparing meals that are healthier for her
encouraging her to release stress and tension
and celebrate the beauty of each day.
She makes me look awesome by
giving me love,
support and
believing in my dreams.
What if we all practiced our dance moves
with the ones we love?

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Bridges

Bridges

For most of my life,
I have learned to be a bridge.
Growing up black and white,
it was never about one side or the other,
it was about both.
It was about me celebrating all
of whom I was created to be
and seeing the awesome in everyone.
It was about building bridges, not walls.
It was about celebrating the God
I came to know in the Black Baptist church
and the God
I came to know in the Jewish temple.
It was about learning that God
is greater then any single way of thinking or believing.
It was about celebrating everything
I learned as a greater diversity of people
joined me at my table.
It was about the bridges we crossed with each other
as we broke breads,
shared meals,
traditions,
stories,
beliefs,
and testimonies.
Communities form through
the building of bridges.
This is why we build bridges,
not walls.

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Bending

Bending

Yesterday, the wind was blowing like crazy.
Looking out the window,
I watched the trees bending
one way and then the other,
as the wind blew them
in one direction and then another.
What got me was that the branches
just seemed to go with the flow.
I am not sure whether they wanted to bend
or not, but they did.
Sometimes we are like the branches
and just have to go with the flow,
knowing that at the end of the day,
we will be ok.
It may not be how we wanted to move,
but it was how we had to.
Sometimes, we have to
bend so we do not break.

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Easing out the Ego

Easing out the Ego

I know we all have one,
but I am working on easing mine out.
I am ever mindful about how my ego
gets in the way.
My ego is filled with creativity,
but not in a good way.
it creates stories
which can fill me with fear,
distrust,
and worry about what might happen,
what others might do,
and scenarios based on fallacy.
Ego is about easing God out.
So if I ease out my ego,
I make greater room in my soul
to ease God in.

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Sacred

Sacred

I sit here at Zoe’s computer
and I give thanks that we have one computer
which has access to the intenet.
It is one of those things we take for granted.
until we do not have it.
Then we see the sacred in it.
It makes me wonder what else I
do not see the sacred in.
Do I see it in the air,
the water,
the earth, or
the fire.
Do I see the sacred
in my food,
in my clothes
in the furniture
or in anything I touch or see today.
What if
we aw the sacred in everything?
How would the world be different if
we saw and honored
the sacred in our lives

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Celebrating their Legacy

Celebrating their Legacy

Anyone who survived 2020 and 2021
can say it has been a year filled with challenges.
Over the last two years, I have lost
43 friends, customers, and students to
the two C words I have come to dislike
Covid and Cancer
I know I am not alone
in being in an ongoing state of grief.
However, I keep going back to a lesson
I learned decades ago.
I should remember them and
allow them to inspire me
in all that I say and do.
This is the way that I honor them
and their lives.
I allow them to inspire me,
to guide me
and to fill me
with grace, mercy and wisdom.
In celebration of all those
who touched my life
thank you for being
an ongoing source of inspiration.

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Giving

Giving

Over the course of my life,
I have learned I get the greatest joy,
the greatest blessings,
from giving and not receiving.
I appreciate receiving,
but there is a joy from giving
that surpasses explanation.
Whether I am giving of my time,
energy,
or resources,
I feel the blessings,
which come from the sharing
of my gifts.
Whether it is through volunteering,
donating,
or just being present,
what I receive from my giving
fills my heart in ways
I cannot describe.

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Friends

Friends

I may not get high
with a little help from my friends,
but it is through their unconditional love
that I get by.
It is not that you do not appreciate
your friends in the good time,
but when you are going through challenging times,
sometimes a friend is what you really need.
That person who will just listen while you vent,
or be with you while you cry,
or cheer you on and remind you that
you will make it through.
Friends are those manifestations of God,
who pray with you,
offer you wisdom,
and remind you
that you are not alone in this journey.
Friends are the ones
who love you in good times and bad
and upon which you can call
as the song says,
winter spring, summer or fall.
I am grateful for the friends I have
and pray I can be that support to others.

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Joyful Moments

Joyful Moments

My heart is overflowing right now
with joy.
For the first time in years
I am leaving my home on my own
to see the doctor.
It is one of those moments,
when I am so filled with joy
that all I can do is cry.
Most people come and go all the time
and so it may not seem like much,
but for more than a decade
my paratransit services have been on hold
and now they are back
and so leaving my home
is like doing something awesome
for the first time.
It is those first and last times
that can bring us so much joy.
What if we stopped taking things for granted
and thought about everything as the first
or the last time
we were doing X
or spending time with Y
or tasting Z?
If everything and everyone and every where
was the first or the last time
how much more would we give thanks
for it.
May we find joy in everything
and have days filled with nothing but
joy

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Carrying A Bone

Carrying A Bone

I remember the day she said,
A dog that will bring a bone,
will carry a bone.
She was talking about people who gossip.
This wisdom was shared
while she was bringing me a bone.
While she may not have been practicing,
she did present me with a wisdom.
If someone is willing to bring you gossip,
they are letting you know they are talking
about you as well.
A person who will bring you gossip,
is also gossiping about you .
When you are gossiping about others,
you are letting people know you will
gossip about them as well.
What do you do when someone
brings you a bone.

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Slowing Down

Slowing Down

I used to love listening to Simon and Garfunkel
who reminded me to slow down
because I moved to fast.
Today working three jobs from home
and cramming in time for
God, family, and friends
I truly need to slow down
because I am moving too fast
and need to fully experience each moment.
Slowing down is not always easy.
For me it meant letting go of some responsibilities,
saying no to opportunities, and
focusing on what is most important in my life,
my relationship with God, my family and my friends.
I have let things go,
put things down
and picked up time for
self care,
relationship building
and embracing life.
May we each slow down,
and focus on being
fully present in the moment.

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Rescue

Rescue

Do you remember the first animal rescue effort?
Noah and his family loaded them
into the ark to rescue them
from harm’s way.
Today, many of my friends
run animal rescue’s and shelters.
They create ways out of no ways
to be the Noah’s of today.
They take the least of thee,
those who have been abandoned,
abused,
neglected,
wounded,
and opened their doors
providing unconditional love,
medical attention,
food,
water,
shelter,
and hope for the future.
What are you doing for the least of thee?
How can we work together
to help those who offer us
unconditional love
and ask for us to just
treat them with dignity and respect.
How can we work together
to rescue them
and keep them out of harm’s way.

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SACRED LISTENING

Sacred Listening

If you listened to your thoughts
that float through your mind
would you feel like a garbage collector
like I do sometimes.
I try to catch the toxic waste which
floats through my mind before it has a chance
to settle and poison other aspects of my life.
I try to catch those thoughts and
question the beliefs which
I would not want to share with the sacred.
If I work on healing while I gather
it allows me to help my thoughts and ideas
heal and transform,
becoming increasingly sacred
with each passing day.
I would love to say this is easy,
but its not
and many moments I fail.
However, I continue to transform
and work on helping the internal stream
become increasingly sacred.

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I Wish You Well

I Wish You Well

Each day I choose how
I treat others, regardless of
how I feel about them personally.
I do not have to like you
but because I am called to love you,
I wish others well,
even if it is from a distance.
I was asked how I can do that.
The answer is simple,
the golden rule,
which reminds me to do unto others,
as I would have them do unto me.
Or as I once heard a nun say,
Go with God, but go.
I am called to love humanity,
it does not mean I have to like them.
So whether I like others or not,
I wish you well,
and pray that you do the same for me.

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Choices

Choices

“Do you remember the day you had us drink Listerine?”
it was a question asked decades
after a spiritual class for kids.
He remembered me giving them two paper cups
one with a little bit of mouthwash and one with fruit punch.
The mouthwash, to him,
tasted horrible
and he just wanted to spit it out.
The fruit punch
tasted awesome
and he wanted more.
To this day, it reminds him
his words and actions
are a reflection of his relationship
with the Divine.
What if we remembered
each word and action
is important
and serves the Ultimate?
What if we thought,
as did my students,
what taste our words and actions
leave with the Ultimate?
Do we even consider how momentous
our words and actions are
and the legacy they leave behind?

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It is Done

It Is Done

This past week,
people, plants, horses, cats, dogs,
and other creations of the Ultimate
have transcended to another realm.
As I celebrate their lives and legacies,
I am reminded their purpose here
has been fulfilled.
Their departure may not have been
on my time line or yours,
but once they have completed
their purpose,
it is time for them to move on, because their time here
is done.
I try to remember this
when I think about those I have lost
and those I am losing.
When I wake up I remember,
I have not yet completed my purpose here on earth.
The Ultimate is not done with me yet
and if you woke up this morning,
you have not completed your purpose yet either.
May we all continue to be of service,
being loving and kind with others,
until the Ultimate says,
it is done

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Set God Free

Set God Free

Whenever I think about God
or the one I call the Ultimate Consciousness,
I have to remind myself
to set God free.
My ways are not God’s ways
and God’s understanding and knowledge
are not mine.
So why do I keep trying to pretend
like I understand
because I never will.
I have to stop
putting God in a box,
especially the one I created.
I have to stop trying to understand
in ways that I will never understand
because I have not evolved to that place.
My comprehension,
my vision
my understanding
are so limited
and that is ok for now
because I am human.
God is not,
I may remember that
for a second,
but then it fades
and I keep trying to ask
what would God think
or do,
or why do hard things happen to good people.
then I spare myself the torture
and set God free and
tell myself its ok
that I am not God.

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