Padma. Purity of the body, mind and spirit.
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The Verse
The Roundtable
Ashes to ashes, dust… on Final Advice- Rosa on Regrets Yvonne Raphael on …and other stuff goin… Yvonne Raphael on a few small things The Life Of An Intro… on introverts -
Feed Me
I surrender to another because I want to be taken to that place where reason and thought disappears, where the world folds up flat and spins away into its own corner and there's nothing left but what I'm feeling.
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Feed Your Body
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
~Kahlil Gibran~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Feed Your Heart
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
~Mark Twain~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Where there is great love, there are always great miracles.
~Mother Teresa~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are three things that are important in human life. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind.
~Henry James~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Feed Your Mind
The quieter you become the more you can hear.
~Baba Ram Dass~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Out beyond the ideas of wrong doing and right doing, there is a field; I'll meet you there.
~Rumi~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.
~Henry David Thoreau~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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Feed Your Soul
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity..
~Pema Chodron~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Joy has no cost.
~Marianne Williamson~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
~Robert Louis Stevenson~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Desire & Intent
I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
~Anais Nin~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Friendship
In the sweetness of friendship; let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed
~Kahlil Gibran~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Love
‘A’Ole E ‘Olelo mai Ana Ke Ahi Ua Ana Ia.
Translation: The fire of Love will burn as long as it has something to feed on.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the kingdom of love there is no competition; there is no possessiveness or control. The more love you give away, the more love you will have.
~John O'Donohue~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions.
~Anais Nin~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
~Henry David Thoreau~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They are in each other all along.
~Rumi~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Author Archives: Rosa
process vs product
You don’t need to know the process of Walking in Grace; that long crooked path we took to arrive home. You don’t need to know every pebble we stumbled on, every boulder we climbed, or every bridge with broken slats … Continue reading
The Gift and the Giver, the Rebel, the Thief, and the Stranger and his Glue
The Giver was alone, and the Gift unused: the Giver felt lonely, and sought to find someone worthy of the Gift. The Rebel came along and saw the Gift the Giver possessed, and desired the Gift for himself. Rather than … Continue reading
and the wise woman said to me
“Through destruction we rebuild ourselves again …Through our offerings of pain we wait for peace to reach out to us again….” thank you b
my eyes my heart
“Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want to say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak my heart.” ~Robert Sexton~
power in words and song
Give me releaseWitness meI am outsideGive me peace Heaven holds a sense of wonderAnd I wanted to believeThat I’d get caught upWhen the rage in me subsides Passion chokes the flower Until she cries no morePossessing all the beautyHungry … Continue reading
thoughts on time management
I’ve been struggling with both sides of a debate of sorts related to time management, and poly relationships. From those who feel others are always asking for more time to those who don’t think they get enough time or the … Continue reading
harmful
It just doesn’t seem harmful to want this to be righteous between us…. It’s only harmful to take responsibility that is not mine to take. It’s more harmful to not speak my heart and to not risk. no matter the … Continue reading
won’t stop
Loving you Worrying about you Thinking about you Reaching for you Wanting hugs from you Talking with you Adoring you Cherishing you Accepting you Won’t stop Standing my ground Stating what I think Challenging you Challenging me Won’t stop Trying … Continue reading
The Mayonnaise Jar & Two Cups of Coffee
When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee. A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some … Continue reading
the abyss
He who fights with monsters might take care, lest he thereby become a monster; For if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. ~Nietzche~ I received a bit of a lecture a few days … Continue reading
anxiety
I had sooooo much anxiety about returning his truck yesterday. Consumed with the “what if’s”, I almost considered waiting until Saturday when I knew he was going to be away. When I settled down about it, I decided that the … Continue reading
Perceptions
Our conversation and his comments last night have me thinking on how others perceive us in comparison to how we perceive ourselves. His comment was that I needed to learn to spend time by myself. Huh? His perception is that … Continue reading
surrender
Sometimes what seems like surrender isn’t surrender at all. It’s about what’s going on in our hearts. About seeing clearly the way life is and accepting it and being true to it, whatever the pain, because the pain of not … Continue reading
Are You SERIOUS?
From a dating site where I visited a profile, received a very short email and haven’t had the time to respond with anything in kind. I am tempted to respond in text because; ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS? I am RESPONSIBLE … Continue reading
mantra for the day
You is kind. You is smart. You is important.
Sands of Time 
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