Emptiness Within

A L O H A !

Cue the orchestra! Let the morning's overture
hint at today's themes

"Thanks to a benevolent arrangement

the greater part of life is sunshine. "

Thomas Jefferson

" Nature gives you the face
you have at twenty;

it is up to you to merit the face
you have at fifty.  "

Coco Chanel

 

" I never forget a face,

but in your case

I'll be glad to make an exception. "

 
Groucho Marx

A Tree once had an indentation.

Does it really matter HOW it happened,

or why?

Because the tree had a hollow 

it felt different from others.

Realizing the futility,

at last,

of hiding that void,

the tree frankly surrendered

to simply feeling empty

sometimes.

One moonless night,

a night as dark and empty

as the tree with the hollow

felt,

something happened. 

Where the lack had been

a SPACE emerged;

A welcoming refuge

and mirror

for the creatures

of the wood.

Drawn to the tree's

humble emptiness,

much like their own,

they filled it

with

Love.

" Nobody has to guess
That Baby can't be blessed
Till she finally sees

that she's like all the rest "

Bob Dylan

'Just Like A Woman' 

 

 

 

 

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Thank YOU
each of YOU-

In Kuala Lumpur
or Mumbai,
Ontario,
Jerusalem
Great Britain
or Perth;

Skoog Farm
or New York City,

 Maryland
or Malaysia,

 New England.

Louisiana

or Detroit-



Thank YOU
for being JUST like me-

though EACH of you is 
UNIQUE.



This relationship that we enjoy
is a blessing.


      Together
we are repairing the breach
and healing the world;
EACH of US
EACH in our own little 
'insignificant' lives.




I Love US!


Thanks for being a big part of it all


Fondly, cloudia