Head with intention. Chart your course by the North Star. Restore the virtue. -Janetti Marotta This post is part of my Haiku series. If you haven’t already, please read my “Introduction to Haiku” post. Short practice: If you plant the seeds of a rose, a beautiful flower will grow. If…
Shirts, pants, sheets, and socks. Narratives strung on the line. Leave them out to dry. -Janetti Marotta This post is part of my Haiku series. If you haven’t already, please read my “Introduction to Haiku” post. Short practice: Too often do we live our life through narrative—stories we tell about…
Like this. Don’t like this. Looking without noticing. Take off the lens. See. -Janetti Marotta This post is part of my Haiku series. If you haven’t already, please read my “Introduction to Haiku” post. Short practice: Notice when you’re judging experience. This comes in the form of evaluating whether you’re…
Catch the wind and fly. Dancing kite—soaring, twisting. Crash. Begin anew. -Janetti Marotta This post is part of my Haiku series. If you haven’t already, please read my “Introduction to Haiku” post. Short practice: Success and failure are embedded in outcome, while learning and growing are linked to process. Every…
Swim downstream my tear. In the current toward the sea. Dissolve and emerge. -Janetti Marotta This post is part of my Haiku series. If you haven’t already, please read my “Introduction to Haiku” post. Short practice: When feeling disturbing emotions, rather than wishing them away or clinging tight to them,…
Translucent snowflakes. Descendants of time and space. All ephemeral. -Janetti Marotta This post is part of my Haiku series. If you haven’t already, please read my “Introduction to Haiku” post. Short practice: We lose our true connection to life by experiencing ourselves as separate and distinct from others and all…
Dragons in the clouds. Thought streams floating upon time. Leaving without trace. -Janetti Marotta This post is part of my Haiku series. If you haven’t already, please read my “Introduction to Haiku” post. Short practice: It’s easy to believe in your thoughts and build identity around what you say about…
Leave shoes at the door. The tatami awaits you. Settle into now. -Janetti Marotta This post is part of my Haiku series. If you haven’t already, please read my “Introduction to Haiku” post. Short practice: Notice when you’re lost in discursive thoughts of past or future. Anchor your mind to…
Dew clings to the branch. Night bows to the rising sun. It’s time to let go. -Janetti Marotta This post is part of my Haiku series. If you haven’t already, please read my “Introduction to Haiku” post. Short practice: According to Buddhist psychology, clinging is at the root of all…
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall into spaces between. In breath. Out breath. Pause. -Janetti Marotta This post is part of my Haiku series. If you haven’t already, please read my “Introduction to Haiku” post. Short practice: To stop reacting on automatic pilot, take a pause. Notice your thoughts, then your emotions…
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