Scattering Seeds 

 

All day long spread your blessings like scattered seeds.

Bless every item you touch,

every person you encounter,

every experience that unfolds,

every minute that passes.

Like a dandelion blowing in the breeze,

send your blessings out.

Trust that all will be enlivened & uplifted

on the gentle wind of your well wishes.

 

Sometimes

 

A part of me is miserable & grumpy & frustrated all day long,

another part of me is happy & joyful & free all day long.

How can these two states live side by side?

I don't know but they do.

There is another part of me that glimmers far off in the distance,

like a mirage of an oasis in a dry desert--

this part beckons, welcomes, invites--

come, come to the land of equanimity,

above & beyond & apart

from all those ups & downs,

come to the land of flourishing bliss, 

flush with newness,

with energy,

with wondrous goodness.

I go there sometimes,

I stay there sometimes,

all day long.