(Untitled)- April 13, 2007 Rejoice By Don IannoneRejoice in knowingyour happinessdoes not depend upon you knowing anything. Rejoice in discoveringthe discovererwho needn't search any furtherto find himself.Rejoice in acceptingthat the momentis all you haveand all you will ever need.Rejoice for the sake of rejoicingfor in so doing you find happiness.http://conscious-living.blogspot.com/2007/04/r-ejoice-by-don-iannone-rejoice-in.html (Untitled)- April 12, 2007 Celebrating the Rain that Washes Away the SnowBy Don IannoneThe rain cameand washed away fifteen inches of unwelcomed April snow.The earth rejoicedwhen the rain felland washed away the snowthat covered its greening surface.The birds sang outat the sight of the rich dark earthwhere the fallen daffodilsonce stood tall and smiled in sunshine.The cats in our front windowfrisked and played in the fresh airdrifting through the bedroom window.I jumped up and downas the rain fell and washed away the...http://conscious-living.blogspot.com/2007/04/celebrating-rain-that-washes-away-snow.html (Untitled)- April 10, 2007 Be the CandleBy Don IannoneAll of us at timesneed encouragement to stay the path.Not one of us is above needing help from others.We should encourage each other to have faith in ourselves.We should encourage each otherto be the unique truth that we are.Let us remind ourselves and each otherthat there is no turning back once we have discovered the way--our way of being in the truth.And whenever we experience doubt,let us help each otherseek our god of self-understandingthat forever lies at the...http://conscious-living.blogspot.com/2007/04/b-e-c-andle-by-don-iannone-all-of-us-at.html (Untitled)- April 9, 2007 Warriors of the LightBy Don IannoneEach of usin our own waygives lightto the world.Each of usin our own wayfightsfor what we believe is right.Some carry torches.Some raise the flag.Some sit quietly and pray.Even some write poetrybecause it enlightens themand hopefully others.We arecrusaders for truth, for justice,for freedom, and for so much moreWe arein our own unique wayswarriors of the lightthat shines withinand through us. Let your light shine.May it iluminate your pathand othersthat all...http://conscious-living.blogspot.com/2007/04/w-arriors-of-l-ight-by-don-iannone-each.html (Untitled)- April 9, 2007 Venus on Some April EveBy Don Iannone Brilliant beacon Venus glowslike some ancient golden coinin the dark northwest sky. Wedded as she is to the sun,she never strays from his sidefor more than a moment.And always with ever adoring eyesshe gazes downupon her impatient earthly sister,who like some blue-green cat's eye,stares back at her golden luster.Always brighter than the brightest star,she casts her light for all to seelike a transiting soul off to Heaven.A wandering star to many she...http://conscious-living.blogspot.com/2007/04/v-enus-on-s-ome-pril-e-ve-by-don.html (Untitled)- April 8, 2007 April SnowBy Don Iannone We file federal income tax returns next weekand it's still snowing and cold in Cleveland.Six inches of wet whitenessdropped on the area over the past couple days.Temperatures dive-bombedfrom the high 70s to the mid 20sin the past week.The daffodils have succumbed to the suffocating slush of winter.Baseball games across the midwesthave been called off because pitchers are throwing snowballs instead of fast balls.Mother Nature knows her businessmuch better than I do,...http://conscious-living.blogspot.com/2007/04/pril-s-now-by-don-iannone-we-file.html (Untitled)- April 6, 2007 Always in the Moment We AreBy Don IannoneThe world is changingin ways we can't begin to imagine.This time is different than the last time, or even the times before.This time it's not about anything new.This time it has nothing to dowith going any place we've never been.This time we will returnto the place we were born--the first time, and all times after that.We will returnto the place that came beforeall other places we've known.We will returnto the real ground zero.This time we will...http://conscious-living.blogspot.com/2007/04/lways-in-m-oment-w-e-re-by-don-iannone.html (Untitled)- April 6, 2007 Man and NatureBy Elizabeth Barrett BrowningA sad man on a summer dayDid look upon the earth, and say--"Purple cloud the hill-top binding;Folded hills, the valleys wind in;Valleys, with fresh streams among you;Streams, with bosky trees along you;Trees, with many birds and blossoms;Birds, with music-trembling bosoms;Blossoms, dropping dews that wreathe you,To your fellow flowers beneath you;Flowers, that constellate on earth;Earth, that shakest to the mirthOf the merry Titan ocean,All his shining.http://conscious-living.blogspot.com/2007/04/m-and-n-ature-by-elizabeth-barrett.html |