Friday, July 31, 2009

What is the Greatest Gift?


What is the greatest gift?
Could it be the world itself—the oceans, the meadowlark,
the patience of the trees in the wind?
Could it be love, with its sweet clamor of passion?


Something else—something else entirely holds me in thrall.
That you have a life that I wonder about
more than I wonder about my own.
That you have a life—courteous and intelligent—that
I wonder about more than I wonder about my own.
That you have a soul—your own, no one else's—that
I wonder about more than I wonder about my own.
So that I find my soul clapping its hands for yours more than my own.

Mary Oliver, from Red Bird: Poems
published by Beacon Press

Monday, July 20, 2009

Lost love letter reunites couple after 16 years

Lost love letter reunites couple after 16 yearsAFP/File – A couple embrace at sunset in Peru. A British man and his Spanish former sweetheart have finally married …

LONDON (AFP) – A British man and his Spanish former sweetheart have finally married 16 years after they drifted apart, reunited by a love letter lost behind a fireplace for over a decade, reports said on Monday.

Steve Smith and Carmen Ruiz-Perez, both now 42, fell in love 17 years ago when she was a foreign exchange student in Brixham, southwest England, and got engaged after only a year together.

But their relationship ended after she moved France to run a shop in Paris.

A few years later, in a bid to rekindle their love, Smith sent a letter to her mother's home in Spain. It was placed on the mantelpiece, but slipped down behind the fireplace and was lost for over a decade.

The missing missive was only found when builders removed the fireplace during renovation work.

"When I got the letter I didn't phone Steve right away because I was so nervous," Ruiz-Perez told the Herald Express local newspaper.

"I nearly didn't phone him at all. I kept picking up the phone then putting it down again.

"But I knew I had to make the call."

When they were reunited, it was as if time had stood still, said Smith, a factory supervisor.

"When we met again it was like a film. We ran across the airport into each other's arms. We met up and fell in love all over again. Within 30 seconds of setting eyes on each other we were kissing.

"I'm just glad the letter did eventually end up where it was supposed to be," he said, after the couple married last Friday.

Saturday, July 4, 2009


Body*Mind*Heart

Retreat

Sayulita, Fall 2009


Rediscover the Passionate Life


BODY … Come, indulge your senses. Let your body luxuriate in the gentle caress of the sea. Feel the warmth of the sun melt your rough edges away. Surrender to the loving hands of your heart-centered masseuse, your soul-centered healer, your wellness-centered acupuncturist. Let us help you reawaken your body to its natural state of sensory bliss.


MIND … Come, quiet your mind. Invite your heart to take the reins. Let your fears subside, your desires reemerge,,your needs finally be heard. Let us help you see the illuminated path before your eyes, the one pregnant with nothing but your heart’s desire.


HEART … Come, honor your heart. Give yourself the gift of creative time, leisure time, time to realize your secret dreams and passions. Erase all have-to’s and requirements. Immerse yourself in raw, beautiful, genuine contentment. And emerge more heart-centered than ever before.


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