Happiness 9-19
Barron Falls after the rainl; lying in a field of sage; encountering an alchemist from many centuries ago.
Author: winslow eliot
Happiness 9-18
taking off the armor and setting it aside; the fox returning; heading for the mountain pass.
Happiness 9-17
letting go of intense nostalgia; thrown into the flames; a seed being lifted on a breeze.
Happiness 9-16
digging up an ancient blue vase; sheltering from the storm in a chapel on the hillside; finding balance.
Happiness 9-15
the spell cast; falling asleep in the apple orchard; coming to the end of the path and going on.
Happiness 9-14
wings beginning to grow on your back; rare amber; rounding the bend in the road and seeing it at last.
Happiness 9-13
heading into danger; playing Mahjong late into the night; kissing in the middle of the sidewalk
Happiness 9-12
cutting through the brambles surrounding the castle; unencumbered; a new frame.
WriteSpa #77 – A Sense of Time
There is more than one way to write about the concept of time.
Happiness 9-11
kissing the handsome green toad; the moment before the curtain rises; soaring over Mount Perdu in the Pyrénées.
Happiness 9-10
retreating to the desert; fresh coffee by the sea; a field of wild chrysanthemums.
Happiness 9-9
an encounter with dolphins; finding a golden apple: leaping high and landing on a lilypad
Happiness 9-8
starfish at your toes; being granted the peacock feather; talking late into the night.
Happiness 9-7
the mist rising over the cornfields at dawn; fulfilling a promise; the last fireflies.
Happiness 9-6
from flower to fruit; Yemena-goddess of the ocean; seven ravens landing on the fence.
Happiness 9-5
ripe blackberries in the hedges as you walk to school; turning the corner and there she is; tolerance.
What is Religion?
Today I begin teaching a seminar on World Religions to 10th graders. I’ll begin by asking this question: What is religion?
Happiness 9-4
a bright red dragonfly landing on the quince; rubbing the lamp; being eager for more.
Happiness 9-3
skimming over the pond; woken by the fragrance of moonflowers on your terrace; climbing to the top of the mountain and discovering it.
Happiness 9-2
being invited into the palace; rescued by dolphins; still lost in hayfields high as the house.
Happiness 9-1
the robe falling open in the dark; a crystal glowing from the inside; waiting for a long time and then seeing it happen.
Happiness 8-31
a blue moon in Pisces; shadow puppets and fireflies; crossing the Tarn Valley on the Millau Bridge.