All In the Family . . .

Sad news and glad news filled this Odin's day's mailbox . . .

Norman Lear died yesterday.

Acknowledging and approaching what is hidden in ourselves is one of the most powerful things we can do. – David Whyte

Freed from grasping, sufficiency and abundance are the same circumstance. Lynne Twist is the author of the bestselling book, “The Soul of Money,” revealed some of her discoveries of “the hidden” in a recent (April 2023) conversation recorded by Marie Forleo. Long but worthy. IMO not to be missed.

Our bribe-dominated Supreme Court is about ready to give a Christmas Gift to themselves and the rest of the 1%. Tax policy? Boring until you read Heather Cox Richardsons' recent report.

Does “tapping” (emotional freedom technique) really work? In a word: Yes. If you've not seen it, check out the documentary.

To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe — to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, organs that draw nourishment from it — is a wonder beyond words. – Joanna Macy

The world presents itself in two ways . . . The world as a thing I own, the world as a mystery I face. What I own is a trifle, what I face is sublime. I am careful not to waste what I own; I must learn not to miss what I face . . . All we have is a sense of awe and radical amazement in the face of a mystery that staggers our ability to sense it…. The beginning of awe is wonder, and the beginning of wisdom is awe. – Richard Rohr

Mystery

A Great Mystery unfolds

from the eternal infinite

into this manifesting world . . .

just as silence contains the bird song

just so does the light fill the darkness

...and we awaken.

— jb