What few put into practice
“Pond”, Lauren Chuslo-Shur
Sometimes, things I stumble across just seem to dance together.
Maybe this is the way Universal Divine Mind waves at me.
This time, the partners are a poem from my friend Ronnie Tomanio,
and long-enduring wisdom from Lao Tzu:
“Morrell Falls 2″, Judy Hughey Wright
The supreme good is like water,
which nourishes all things without trying to.
~
Nothing in the world
is as soft and yielding as water.
Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible,
nothing can surpass it.
The soft overcomes the hard;
the gentle overcomes the rigid.
Everyone knows this is true,
but few can put it into practice.
~
Whoever is soft and yielding
is a disciple of life.
~ Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
The Practical Moon
by Ronnie Tomanio
“Sunburst”, Lauren Chuslo-Shur
When was that moment?
The cucumber becoming a pickle moment
When I became … dare I say it out loud …
Practical
The moment when dancing clouds became water vapor
When the heart sun within
Became burning hydrogen without
No longer just two friends
Playing peek-a-boo
I see you
In the sky of blue
All day long
“Make Hay While the Moon Shines”, Lauren Chuslo-Shur
Until the practical moon
That battered, solemn head
Says bedtime
I obey
But I can still dream
Of endless ascendant mornings.
