i awaken today on this next to last day of awakening august with two words playing through me… maitri and karuna… lovingkindness and compassion… how much i need these nutrients, this sun and water… how much we all require these most essential nutrients as we meet each moment fully, as we meet it as a friend…

the more turbulence in the world, the more we are called to be lovingkindness for ourselves and all others… today’s turbulence and ruptures also whisper of letting go, of traveling lightly between the worlds of here and now and the great beyond… deeper and deeper into mystery, the silence beyond all words…