Help Us to See

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Days pass and the years vanish and we walk sightless among miracles. [You] fill our eyes with seeing and our minds with knowing. Let there be moments when your Presence, like lightning, illumines the darkness in which we walk. Help us to see, wherever Read more [...]

I Am a Traveler, too. And You?

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

What would it mean if we led with compassion? This is what I'm chewing on this weekend. By led I'm not referring to showing the way, guiding by example or escorting others. I'm talking about how we present ourselves, how we step out each morning, encounter Read more [...]

A True Understanding of Who We Really Are

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

GOODPEOPLE -- I have been unable to write much these last five months. Let me say here that I am greatly appreciative and grateful for your readership, companionship, friendship, saintship, commentship, and donationship this past year (Notice I didn't Read more [...]

The Measure of Our Aliveness

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: What counts on your path to fulfillment is that we remember the great truth that moments of surprise want to teach us: everything is gratuitous, everything is gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is the measure Read more [...]

Sometimes All We Can Do Is Bow

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

There is nothing more whole than a broken heart. ~ Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk Mother Teresa, the Albanian nun who took into her heart and home the destitute and dying in Calcutta, popularized for many Christians the Indian greeting “Namaste” Read more [...]

Merry Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Friends of the Sacred Braid and readers of THE ALMOND TREE, thank you for being a blessing to me through your continued support, comments, companionship, encouragement, and generosity. May the star of wonder catch your eye, hold your attention, Read more [...]

Cultivate Gratefulness

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Gathering Read more [...]

A Thanksgiving Prayer

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Given that human life is given, not a given; given that our very existence begins with biological dependency and connection; given that no human is born as an automoton pre-programmed to express gratefulness, it stands to reason that, like kindness, Read more [...]

Remember

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

"If we approach nature and the environment
without . . . openness to awe and wonder,
if we no longer speak the language of fraternity
and beauty in our relationship with the world,
our attitude will be that of masters, consumers,
ruthless exploiters, Read more [...]

It Is So Embarrassing to Live

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

~ continued from the previous two posts

"To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments. Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living. Read more [...]

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