On Patience …

Only bad things happen quickly. . . virtually all the happiness-producing processes in our lives take time, usually a long time: learning new things, changing old behaviors, building satisfying relationships, raising children. This is why patience and determination are among life’s primary virtues. — Gordon Livingston from Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things…

I Am …

I was regretting the past and fearing the future. Suddenly my Lord was speaking. "My name is I am" He paused. I waited. He continued. "When you live in the past with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard. I am not there. My name is not I WAS. When you live in the future,…

Keeping Watch …

In the morning When I began to wake It happened again — That feeling That You, Beloved Had stood over me all night Keeping watch. That feeling That as soon as I began to stir You put Your lips on my forehead And lit a holy lamp Inside my heart. — Hafiz from I Heard God Laughing:…