Hello everyone, I just wanted to share something good and inspiring that happened to me in the past few months. I changed jobs. I have been working in a health...
Beeches shook their auburn curls like closely clustered giddy girls chattering to pose and tease whispering jokes into the breeze Peaceably beneath I trod an...
Sumangali, I was deeply moved by this post. Some of your sentences sound like parts of a song, beautiful, haunting lyrics like this one: "Such devoted...
Dear Sharani, I'm just wondering, if you, as a librarian, borrow a book past its due date, do you have to pay a fine? Or could you technically keep them ...
... When I started semi serious cycling a few years ago, the man who built and sold me my bike insisted on me purchasing a long handled lightweight pump that...
Hi Abhinabha, With great interest I read your post on your new job as a journalist. As a former journalist and editor I can fully sympathize with your ...
The Sri Chinmoy 24-Hour Festival of Running took place in Adelaide last weekend. One of the runners was wearing a bright flourescent yellow cap. A small...
Melinda, I saw a cyclist the other day similarly equipped with defenses from dive-bombing birds. Cable ties bristled from her helmet like it was some kind of...
In the book "Conversations with Sri Chinmoy", pages 85 and 86, there is passage which I hope will bring joy to a Centre's 25th Anniversary Celebration in...
Dear Mahiruha You over-praise me, I'm sure, but if words are merely windows I am glad you spied some beauty through mine. Thank you for your gracious response....
My new absolute favorite of your poems. Thinking on it was the theme of my evening walk today. I'll let it stand unfettered by my comments. It shines - like...
Dear Mr. Allen, As you thinketh, thus it is so. As staff, I enjoy a status of no fines built into my card. I have on occasion (well maybe more than on ...
Beverly, the mind wants to give up, but the heart, never! Here is a question posed to Sri Chinmoy, and his answer (unofficial) from the book Promised Light of...
Hi, just two brief technical notes. 1) If you wish to have one of your posts deleted, please give us the full URL. The subject line is not enough to identify a...
Thanks for the encouragement, Kedar. I just had an article accepted by a magazine called "H2O" (guess in which that specializes...). I did an interview with a...
This was delightful! Thank you for clarifying this for me, Sharani. I may as well barricade myself inside my house against the arrival of the library police....
Dear Doris, Thank you for your kind greetings and Guru´s poem. We had a happiest and soulful anniversary celebration last weekend. I also picked up the...
Thank you, Abhinabha, for sharing the joys of your new career. After 5 comfortable years at my job I am considering the earth-shattering possibility of ...
Dear Suchana, I am sure you had a wonderful time celebrating your 25th anniversary. My gratitude to Guru increases and increases when reading these poems....
Someone wanted to get rid of his pepper mill but didn't want to produce any garbage. He placed a price label on it and smuggled it into a not-so-cheap shopping...
There is a show in a travelling circus, that came to local town. In the middle of the show there starts burning fire all over the place. The visitors in...
Re: "The Secret" "God can give us whatever we want, whatever we need, but it is we who will not be satisfied. It is we who will not be pleased with ourselves ...
Thank-you, Kamalakanta. The kindness was unexpected and brought tears to my eyes. Not incidentally, your poems may come far apart but are well worth the wait....
I am inspired to post every day a poem about gratitude. On occasion I will put comments, or add a talk by Sri Chinmoy on gratitude itself, or on a related...