Category: Book-Film-Art

Zhong Fen li Bao yu Di begins to see his neighbor in a new light of no opinion in his new work, What is it…to Love Your Neighbor as Yourself?  His photo illustrates what happens when we get stuck in our likes and dislikes. Enjoy the poem

 

 

What is it…to Love Your Neighbor as Yourself?

Zhong Fen li Bao yu Di

My judgment closes my mind and heart.
It extinguishes the light.

My likes are pretty clothes that kill.
My dislikes argue they cannot.

How can opinions kill?

They darken God, neighbor and the Self.
Like this…what life is possible?

The Tennis Ball by Sophia Meyer-Greene

I had taken a walk in the park that invigorating day in early January.
I passed the tennis courts which were empty.
Dried leaves scattered here and there.
Bunches near the lower edges of the fencing
clung together like aging lovers.

Then I saw it.

The green tennis ball rolling
slowly back and forth with the breeze.
It was near midcourt but definitely
on one side of the net.
It had been left there by someone
not in the game.

A spirited man came briskly walking by
with his red dog.
He smiled and tipped his hat.
European I bet.

“Is that an Irish Setter?” I asked.
“Indeed, he is. He keeps me moving.
Do you play tennis?” he asked.
“Not so much anymore.
Sometimes.”
I answered as he passed.

“Happy New Year,” he said
as he walked toward the exit gate.
“O and the same to you.”
I called out as he strolled
out of the park . . .
Whistling a happy tune.

Sister says…

Do not judge.

There’s only one way to stop judging, speak well of everyone.

Sister says…

There’s only one way to love your enemies,

Don’t have any.

 

A Single Thread Chant Book rev 2