Little Halloween bat

Aiyana 

Yesterday's rally

Warriors for Tomorrow Environmental Youth had a great rally in Mansfield yesterday. Their demand was that elected officials take climate action and honor the Paris Climate Accord. Thank you to these young people and everyone supporting them!

Warriors for Tomorrow Environmental Youth

Please come out and support Warriors for Tomorrow Environmental Youth in their rally tomorrow, Sunday 10/28, 12-1:30, at the corner of 195 and 275 (right by Town Hall) in Mansfield.

This group, put together by youths from ourcommunity including our daughters, is demanding that elected officials take immediate climate action by supporting the Paris Climate Accord. This comes on the heels of the recently released Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change(IPCC) report. Let's show these young people and everyone else that we do care!

Please feel free to contact Sena Wazer with any questions about this event: sena.wazer@gmail.com.

https://www.facebook.com/Warriors-for-Tomorrow-Environmental-Youth-2464809107079004/

Thank you, have a great day, and we hope to see you on Sunday.

Frost and fire

Frost outside 

Fire within

Prepare for a long, cold winter 

But also beautiful 

And do your best 

To keep that fire burning 

Peace 

The second arrow

Do you know the Buddhist parable of the two arrows? 

"Buddha once said that if we’re hit by an arrow it will surely hurt, but if we’re hit by a second arrow in the same spot it will hurt much more. This may sound like common sense, but if we use the second arrow as an analogy to help clarify the harmful qualities of the thinking mind, its meaning deepens and becomes more useful. For example, if we get a headache, there’s no doubt it can be somewhat painful. But if we have the thought, “This is terrible” or “Why is this happening to me?” it’s like being hit by a second arrow, and it intensifies the physical pain. As we observe ourselves, we’ll see that we shoot ourselves with second arrows quite regularly, even though we’re normally not aware that we’re doing this. Why? Because we accept our thoughts and judgments as the unquestioned truth. How many times have you thought, “This isn’t fair,” without even questioning whether or not the thought was true? Or after making a mistake, which we can call the first arrow, we add the second-arrow thought, “I can’t do anything right.” From Beyond Happiness by Ezra Bayda.

Peace 

Ducklings for my mom

Lucinda and her babies.

Conformity

What can I give?

What can I give 

That you could hold on to 

When darkness closes in 

And all is dreary?

This love 

To hold inside your heart 

To warm you 

These words 

These images 

To know you're not alone 

This silence 

Which contains 

All that I want to say 

Peace 

That seed

Peace 

Into the fray

Maker of patterns 

Speaker of silence 

I search for you

In stillness 

It's you I've always wanted 

It's you, 

My refuge

Yet, when I come so close 

You point 

Straight back into the fray

You say

To look for you

Out there 

Breathe

(Sorry, there's a little typo: should say "there are no answers")

Peace and enjoy these beautiful, crisp autumn days!

What LOVE can do

See how mist rises

Off the water 

Into the morning sun,

The cold, dark night

Forgotten?

That is what love can do 

Picture is at Mansfield Hollow this morning, on my way with Aiyana to Keri's farm for horsemanship lessons. Isn't it lovely?

Peace 

The earth

I work for her:

The one who feeds us, clothes us

Shelters us

The one who gives and gives again

The one we stand upon 

Who's always here 

The one that we came from 

Who'll one day take us back 

Giver of beauty

My source of strength

Of peace and inspiration

It's a great honor

To work for her

Constantly reminded of this

I have a very hard time laying blame on people, because as soon as I start thinking how someone has hurt me, I start seeing how they were also hurt by their life circumstances, and how I have hurt others even though I didn't mean to. 

When I cry for myself, it ends up that I also cry for them. There's no blame, only breaking the cycle of ignorance and apathy and of unconscious acts. Which is really hard.

Peace 

Happy Bithday and Thanks to my Dad!

This past Monday we celebrated my dad's 75th birthday. It was nice to have a little party for him at my sister's house, although it's too bad my mom was not able to be there, because she's in Italy (and I hope she's having a great time on the Amalfi coast!!!).

I am grateful for my everything my dad did for us, especially the great sacrifice of leaving everything behind in Romania and moving to Canada at 41 years of age, with little more to his name than a toothbrush, so that he could offer my sister and I a better future. That's a lot to do, even for your own children...

Peace

So grateful for your feedback!

I am so grateful for all the feedback I've received about my poetry book. I'll list here a few comments that really touched me:

One couple said that they read my poetry to each other at night.

One woman said that if she had to go on a deserted island kind of scenario, she'd take my book with her.

Another woman actually carries my book with her in her purse.

One woman who bought my book said she didn't get a chance to read it because her mom snatched it up and would not give it back. Her mom apparently has some emotional problems and her daughter thought that my book was good for her.

Another man gave me multiple hugs to tell me how much he liked my book.

And another one said his kids were making fun of him because he'd read a poem and then be staring into the distance, lost in thought for a while.

My sister said she keeps my book on her night table.

All these comments mean so much to me and really warm my heart in a way that's hard to describe. Writing is solitary, and there's nothing more I can hope for than to know that what I've shared means something to someone else. Thank you all so much!

Peace 

Fallen leaves

Peace 

Stand firmly

Stand firmly on our Mother Earth 

Protect her, respect her, give her thanks 

In doing so,

You will protect, respect and give thanks to yourself 

Whatever's done to her 

Is done to you 

Her body is your body 

Her illness is your illness 

Her strength, your strength

Be still and know that this is true 

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I took the picture in the Azores, in October 2017.

And this is a watercolor by Aiyana. She loves the new painting supplies she got for her birthday.

This works

I've experienced this. We all want to be seen for who we are, beyond what we've accomplished, said, done, or not done. We want to be recognized and held beyond judgement and labeling.

Diamonds

I don't need diamonds on my fingers

I don't need to be adorned

In stones ripped up from the earth

I need time and clear sight

To see the jewels that are always  

Scattered all around me

Free