Winter Scene in Wisconsin © 2015 Bo Mackison
What do the trees know?
Buds can weather ice and snow.
Dark gives way to sunlight’s glow.
Strength and stillness help us grow.”
~ Joyce Sidman
A Tree in Strength and Stillness – A Winter Scene
February 19, 2015 by 3 Comments
You Were Born with Wings – Fly Towards the Light
July 11, 2014 by 3 Comments
In Search of Light © 2014 Bo Mackison
You were born with potential.
You were born with goodness and trust.
You were born with ideals and dreams.
You were born with greatness.
You were born with wings.
You are not meant for crawling, so don’t.
You have wings.
Learn to use them and fly.”~ Rumi
There is “No One Way” – Only a Multitude of Options to Explore
July 10, 2014 by 1 Comment
Looking at the Details © 2014 Bo Mackison
“Life on earth is a whole, yet it expresses itself in unique time-bound bodies, microscopic or visible, plant or animal, extinct or living. So there can be no one place to be. There can be no one way to be, no one way to practice, no one way to learn, no one way to love, no one way to grow or to heal, no one way to live, no one way to feel, no one thing to know or be known. The particulars count.”
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
Listening to the Trees – They Speak of Ancient Life
July 4, 2014 by 2 Comments
Tree Overhanging the Canyon © 2014 Bo Mackison
Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.
A tree says: A kernel is hidden in me, a spark, a thought, I am life from eternal life. The attempt and the risk that the eternal mother took with me is unique, unique the form and veins of my skin, unique the smallest play of leaves in my branches and the smallest scar on my bark. I was made to form and reveal the eternal in my smallest special detail.
~ Hermann Hesse
Gaze Beyond the Walls – What Discoveries Await?
July 2, 2014 by 1 Comment
Walled In © 2014 Bo Mackison
Gaze beyond the walls; behold the sky eternal. What discoveries await? ~ Bo Mackison
