by JAC | May 3, 2018 | Artists, Mindfulness, Seasons, Waiting
Yet still the unresting castles thresh In fullgrown thickness every May. Last year is dead, they seem to say, Begin afresh, afresh, afresh. from “The Trees” by Philip Larkin “What is all this juice and all this joy?” wrote Gerard Manley...
by JAC | Apr 27, 2018 | Diary, Love and Loss, Poems, Uncategorized
Surgeons must be very careful When they take the knife! Underneath their fine incisions Stirs the Culprit – Life! -Emily Dickinson It’s my 42nd birthday today. I have no fancy plans. It’s not the cheeriest birthday poem, but I can’t help but...
by JAC | Apr 18, 2018 | Acts of Hope, Simplicity
But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. Elizabeth Edwards I’ve been busy working on...
by JAC | Mar 21, 2018 | Diary, Fear, Love and Loss, Theology
“I discovered that in every end a new beginning lies hidden. It will find you if you look for it. Don’t lose heart!” Jürgen Moltmann On the way here I am thinking- is this how you felt? This awful, unnatural feeling of separation- as you drove to...
by JAC | Mar 13, 2018 | Mindfulness, Poems
“Low-sunk life imagines itself weary of life, but it is death, not life, it is weary of.” George MacDonald “So much wasted time.” These were one man’s final words as he lay dying. Such sad final words. Peoples’ last words are often...
