Howard McQueen's Blog – July 2011 Archive (3)

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(C) 2011 Howard McQueen

As we gain experience coming face-to-face

 with our insecurities,

 we have the opportunity to befriend our self.

When seen as opportunities to reconnect to intimacy,

 we discover we can take on the often difficult work of 

 dropping illusions,

 dissolving fantasies

 and coming to peace with whatever remains divided and separated within.

Unentangling our self…

From the book Beauty, By John O’Donohue

Page 190

When you consider where we go and who we become in dream, it is often an achievement to show up for breakfast in the morning.

© 2011 Howard McQueen

On the bridge,

just before dusk.

Not a cloud in the sky.

The river flows slowly,

its surface smooth as glass.

Surprisingly, there is the appearance of

ultra-fine rain dimpling the surface.

Hmmm.

Down at water’s edge is evidence:

a vast civilization of mobilized water bugs,

their staccato movements of propulsion

ever-so-slightly dimpling the…