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“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.” ― Pema Chödrön #ddmag #pemachodron #music #forgiveness #recovery #buddhism

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20201 min read
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pieces of colored glass
We are like children building a sand castle. We embellish it with beautiful shells, bits of driftwood, and pieces of colored glass. The...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20201 min read
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in my life
this is intended to be a short gratitude post. i have probably needed a good dose of thanks for some time. right now, i have a couple of...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read
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i shall wear midnight
“You swore you loved me, and laughed and warned me that you would not love me forever. I did not hear you. You were speaking in a...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read
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sail away
“Meditation did not relieve me of my anxiety so much as flesh it out. It took my anxious response to the world, about which I felt a lot...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20201 min read
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work for love
there have been stressful weeks recently. i have found myself feeling as if i am swimming against the current. i may have lost sight of...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20201 min read
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float
David Hockney Quote Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it. David Hockney 3/31/14 i have just returned from a...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20208 min read
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faith
“In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read
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to have and not to hold
“Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralysed. Your deepest...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read
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story of my life
“It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.” ― Steve Maraboli, Life,...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read
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apres spring storm
“A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read
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tribute
“Monks, we who look at the whole and not just the part, know that we too are systems of interdependence, of feelings, perceptions,...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20203 min read
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ellusion
“god save me and watch over you” .. the president The Escape written by Allie Jones I’ve been riding a fine line Between dreamland and...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20201 min read
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dive right in… the water’s fine
Mosh pits Annotated bare chest Stage diving sky diver Spray the crowd with cold water Now it’s mosh pits and wet tits I think I need a...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read
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freedom
Live in Joy Live in Joy, In love, Even among those who hate. Live in joy, In health, Even among the afflicted. Live in joy, In peace,...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20201 min read
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gettin ziggy with it
Ziggy really sang, screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo Like some cat from Japan, he could lick ’em by smiling He could leave ’em to...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read
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divine intervention
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” ~Charles R. Swindoll as i maneuver...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read
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remain in light
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20203 min read
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open air
According to Buddhism, we cannot only be born as human beings the next time, but also as animal, “god”, “half-god”, “hungry ghost” or...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20203 min read
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bird on a wire
“There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks...

Rod Rushing
Jul 22, 20202 min read
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