Categories
Random Posts
- The Presence of TodayWe either seek to view the world today through some past generation’s worn and tired lens, or try to filter what is past and gone …
- Journeys and DestinationsMy house says to me, “do not leave me, for here dwells your past.” And the road says to me, “Come and follow me, for …
- Somewhere Along the County LineLet’s take a detour off the interstate — The roads are straight and intersect endless rows of soybeans, seed corn and winter wheat. Besides, if …
- The Presence of Today
Recent Comments
- Irene on Some ancient affirmations
- Rekha on No More Sad Weepings of Regret
- Novena on Wake Up: sonetto rispetto
- John on On the Veranda: serenade
Subscribe
Join 298 other subscribersMeta
Tag Archives: blessing
Divine Intervention: Blessing or Curse
For a while, it is comforting to think everything happens for a reason. But honestly, MOST people who lay that on as a platitude mean that it applies when bad things happen to YOU. Just like so many go around … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged blessing, divine intervention, evil, good, religion, spirituality
Leave a comment
The Backhand Gift: a blessing
What blessing would you seek to earn from some force named by other men, who think to teach so all will learn to reap the future’s might have beens? Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged benison, blessing, greed, hypocrisy, poetic forms, prosperity
Leave a comment
A Blessing for the Road: a benison or blessing
I’ve asked much from the universe, expecting, like a child, that forces outside my control, untamed, feral and wild, would take a hand, and mold my life in ordered, simple ways. Such is the expectation of most people, when they … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged benison, blessing, cosmology, daily poems, deities, expectations, poetic forms, prayer, purpose, travel
Leave a comment