Author: carlfmaulbeck

In the movie "Harvey", Elwood P Dowd, played by Jimmy Stewart, explains coping with the world this way: "Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be' - she always called me Elwood - 'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me." Well, for years I was smart, oh so very smart, I too recommend pleasant - Trust the harmony

Spiritual Evolution

The DNA of my soul makes me what I am and imprints what I do. The window of my soul reflects my species – my truth of the whole Truth. The birthright of my soul – an incarnation that endows my being. The advancement of my soul (does not mean “better”) does […]

Flawed

My back hurt and I was just a participant I need people to try and keep up. I wish people would connect the dots – Come in sit down, enjoy the ride, accept the call, and just cooperate. I sat there in pain and things went wrong Never impose indeed sometimes things […]

Untethered

We are not alone but… must we be connected? Unfree from the tone – makes me feel unprotected. It’s ubiquitous – the signal from this device. It’s continuous and… relentless to entice. In real-time engaged, are we what’s happening? Thus we become caged – unheard with no opening. Our lives are thus […]

Word

To hear, I must listen, to listen, I must be all in. I labor to leave the womb, I suffer to heal the wound. As the cosmos is revolving, the word is evolving. With others, in gestation, I embrace the mutation. My time is not terminal. My space is real liminal. I live […]

Boundaries

“Just cuz”is rarely for a just cause = like I have to wait ‘just cuz’ your late. Of course, it could be for good reason – someone else needed your attention. However, had you left earlier I would not have been surlier I am not suggesting you’re bad; and I certainly should not […]

Grafting

Blossoming happens; when the root is well. Beauty may not beheld in an alien soil. The flower may not be, because the root fails. But – we can bond shoot with a hearty root – native and foreign kept alive as one. In true union be they’re not one, not two. Where […]

Whisperer

The Wind whispers, sometimes softly, sometimes loudly. Sometimes she pushes me along. Sometimes she pushes me back. She caresses me with a a gentle warm breeze. She throttles me with a blustery cold gust. To hear her word, I must listen, for I know not from whence she came, or where she […]

Q & A

The questions we ask make the answers we get. So, we must pay attention and listen first. Being ruled by the numbers, misses ourselves. Calculated assessment is meaningless Rain measured in volume and duration makes life an endless series of droughts and floods. Soaked by the rain and absorbing its wetness, be filled with […]

Shortstop

We sing in unison, then settle in to “Play ball” He turns and squats before Her, he bows his head and prays “Help me”, he asks silently, “I beg you, keep me whole.” Ready, he springs to his feet, filled with Her mercy He plays with abandon on his toes He plays gracefully with his […]

Practical

Nothing is more practical than Faith. All is less practical than finding God. Nothing is more practical than Love. All is less practical than losing me. To be in love, be absolutely in love, to have grace, feel totally blessed – seizes my imagination and sets me free, touches all and is the way. This […]

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