so i went on retreat to UTube and Sharon Salzberg.  In any of her videos,  inevitably,  she will talk about it…beginning again.  She will say those two words like no one else can,  a voice that is both throaty and so gentle,  so loving,  so full of breath  ……..begin again.   Ok.

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the same day as the meltdown this arrived from Saskia  of Tales from the Birdhut   saskiavanherwaarden.com

I had asked her to send me please a print off of the photograph she placed on her blog when i had sent out the request for candles for little Fate,  for his mother and father,  for it All.   after that night and when i went to her blog in the morning there was this scene.  Old Bird King and some of the members of the hostel   community of disparate beings who live in her studio.  sitting At Candle for Fate.

 

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and i asked…What would the Bird King say?

 

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the B side of Crow Dream

 

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and her again.    ok.

 

 

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27 responses to “begin again”

  1. Jan Avatar
    Jan

    resilience, grace. . .

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  2. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    We love you Grace.

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  3. grace Avatar

    i looked it up…like in the real dictionary over there on the shelf…
    the ability to recover its size and shape after deformation caused esp. by compressive stress
    resilience.
    returning to form. after being smashed flat.

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  4. grace Avatar

    i love US, Karen. I love US a whole Lot.

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  5. grace Avatar

    yes. you…my North Star

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  6. Jan Avatar
    Jan

    the one on my shelf, Chambers, gives resilient as recoiling, rebounding; able to recover form and position elastically; able to withstand shock, suffering, disappointment, etc.. . .in this house we tend to think of it as the ability to heal and return to full function

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  7. ² Avatar
    ²

    yes resilience / VEERKRACHT trust, love the foundation
    we breath on the same planet
    the same we love
    begin again
    yes moment by moment

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  8. Mo Crow Avatar

    soul stitching

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  9. Martine Bos Avatar

    This is such a beautiful beginning…..

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  10. jude Avatar

    i suppose with every breath we begin again, with out realizing we have chosen to.

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  11. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    It was good for you to step out of the frame especially when life comes so stacked with events, etc. Wise to know when to re-balance. Think that moments of stepping away, a bit of silence, are necessary for body and soul reviving. Bienvenida querida, welcome back.

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  12. .cynthia Avatar
    .cynthia

    i liked on windthread..and happiness rushed in..i like that ..going on retreat with u tube ..
    gentle day

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  13. Dana Avatar

    The solace of silence…

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  14. patricia spangler Avatar
    patricia spangler

    this is good. very good. just as it is.

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  15. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    After giving so much to others…..it is a good thing that you give the same love and kindness to yourself! Hugs!!

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  16. grace Avatar

    i like yours better

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  17. grace Avatar

    breathe same love same begin again over and over

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  18. grace Avatar

    always…it’s boro

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  19. grace Avatar

    isn’t it WONDERFull how we can? begin? over and over and make beauty by this?

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  20. grace Avatar

    yes. this is true…each breath

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  21. grace Avatar

    was indulging in my own little ball of shit i seem to have
    still kept in the deep down corner of my pocket…covered with
    lint…
    a metaphor from Sun Bear and i think a version from Chogyam
    Trungpa also
    am over it.

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  22. grace Avatar

    yeah…U tube. I wish it was a for real retreat, but it was
    what i had and it was just fine enough

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  23. grace Avatar

    i have as much silence here as anyone could possibly want
    it’s the solace that i either give self or not

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  24. grace Avatar

    as it is. that’s all it is. just as it is.

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  25. grace Avatar

    well, kind of. But i pulled self up short. needed that.

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  26. saskia Avatar

    He says: ‘tell Grace I don’t have any answers’
    He pauses, thinks…..and then says: ‘or perhaps I have one suggestion: really be there for one another, really be there for your self’

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