Author: calledtobealive

In quiet space of morningwith fresh coffee for the dayI taste goodness in sacred wordI’m glad to give away I’ll speak life spokenin word and in deedI’ll sing songs with […]

I have a choice on how I voicethe many changesthat come with growing older Will I sound the alarmthat youth is now goneor speak of life and the beauties of […]

Today I pause to consider  the voice I give what in and around is happening More aware of my choice in the meanings I voice to myself and those near […]

Making music together since 1969,Gib and I joined the muse again last nightencouraging others to sing along How do we know when we’re aging well?When we step out of our […]

Memorise is the preferred spellingamong somefor learning by heart Sounds true that whatI want to be and domust rise from that core of my being So from all I see […]

I am listening on this feast dayfor the melody of resistancein modest Mary’s magnificent song Her “let it be,” her “do less and be more”a counterpoint to the muzak and […]

The force of aging is like the tide going outopening to us the fulness of lifeforever coming from within

Shoes Off I took my shoes offThat I like Moses might stand on Holy groundPondering softly the call of I Am I but an atom In a single grain of […]

In earlier working yearsI had a plaque on my desk that read:“God be in my mind and in my learning” Now in later life that same sayingis in my heart, […]

After a walk with a friend on a Fort Eby trail,I was reminded of a little book by Thich Nhat Hanhon how to walk, practicing awareness of Love’s energy that […]