Patience is a virtue. Most people have heard this at one point or another, usually in the midst of a crisis. Patience is, in many ways, the first step towards understanding that by living in the moment, we can find…
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Nourishing Life
Every day we as humans eat and drink, walk around in the sun, and breathe as best we can. All of those things go to nourishing our bodies as well as sometimes our spirits and minds. What then do we…
Summer Harmony
Burnt evening bright Summer moon in sky floats by. Dragonfly in flight.
Tagged with: dragonfly, Haiku, harmony, moon, moving forward, peace, reflection, silence, summer
Posted in Poetry
Posted in Poetry
Journey Crossroads
This week, a regular visitor to the Retreat will be finishing one leg of her journey in life and moving to another by graduating from both high school as well as junior college. Academics are a healthy pursuit as are…
Calm Returns
Often, when a storm clears from an area, there is a sense of relief as the pressure passes and the rain has washed the land clean. Sometimes the storm has wrought destruction in its path, brining flood and upheaval. The…
Tagged with: disharmony, emotions, harmony, individual, moving forward, peace, reflection, storm, water
Posted in Musings
Posted in Musings
Nian Xióng Hall 