Ted Seymour - Explorations of Truth
from http://letterboxcity.com In our lives, we seem to have lots of moods that have incredible power over us – now I’m angry, now heavy, now lazy, now being hard on myself, now gregarious, now cranky, now afraid. Although moods naturally come and go, I’m noticing something that is rather obvious – our moods significantly impact […]
Last night, I went to my 30th high school reunion and had a sublimely wonderful time. There is apart of me that would love to write a no-holds-barred gossipy expose, naming names, making confessions, appealing to the snoopy nosed among whomever may be eavesdropping on this blog. Ain’t gonna happen, but buy me a beer […]
Places don’t have memories. Memories of places belong to the people who hold those memories. When they forget, or die, the memories which they hold die along with them. This doesn’t have to be a glum realization, but there is something about it which feels a little disappointing. A story. After the visit, my uncle […]
There are times in life when another’s behavior can really get to us, and we become oblivious to the possibility that there may be some form of mental or emotional impairment which is triggering the behavior. In my own town at the moment, there is a man with known mental health issues being sought for […]
I just re-read this poem yesterday and feel the truth it touches in my own soul. To me it gently encourages that otherwise oft terrifying connection to what is really true within ourselves. As with much poetry, it is best read aloud: All the True Vows by David Whyte All the true vows are secret […]
I’m still being deeply affected by my time at Rainbow although leaving there a couple of days ago. After leaving Rainbow for a couple of days in Porto, Portugal, the home of Port wine, I went out to dinner at a restaurant which had been recommended a man named Mario who was making and selling […]
Today is Day 10 at the European Rainbow gathering in Portugal and I’m still loving it here. There is something about living together in community which really touches me, which clearly draws me here. There is a split in me, however, in that I also have a tendency and a preference to isolate at times. […]
(Written 8 days ago on Aug 9th) I’m at my second European Rainbow Gathering right now, Day 5, and I love it. This one is in Portugal, and the last one I attended in 2009 was in Ukraine. It is simply wonderful here. There is no commerce allowed here (save for the magic hat being […]