Jason Galbraith

Your work depends on the needle. Thread is in abundance on shelves in closets. You have moths doing work in the silk barn. But the needles, rare as diamonds and…

We must know what we want. That is a large and first step. Turning under the soil of who we are is the beginning of this process and is the…

   In order to explore this beautiful planet, this wonderful world, we must leave the safety and comfort of our home. It is in our explorations that we discover the…

   There is an uprising in the belly of the earth and it is billowing and flickering like a light storm. The uprising is also in the belly of our…

The Earth shakes, fish die, birds fall from the sky, bladders infect, an appendix may burst, fathers and mothers loose children at birth. This life comes with death. No level…

Some people will cling to angry emotions the same way that an alcoholic clings to alcoholism, as though it is a disease, as though they will never step out from…

A lamp of wisdom lit by rivers of purpose, by streams of love that spring from unseen hills surrounding hearts like bosoms. Sweet upwind of freedom is near and dances…

If we can dive under the waters of reality, we will see the abundance that holds us. The frolic of existence is bountifully sweet as each thing is in its…

Legs wrapped round a horse heading home. I feel the return in the trot, in the tow of the reins. In the distant nays of corral mates I hear. In…

    If we can view death through the eyes of detachment, then it is clear that in death nothing is lost. Obviously we will not be able to share time…

I have not been paying attention. While singing birds gather worms for chirping little ones growing and weary of the nest not feathered yet for flight. While fresh cut lawns…

Where are the gates of heaven? I used to believe they were out there somewhere above the clouds in the hands of a grand and beautiful wise old man named…

It’s meditation where we learn not to react. It is there where we learn to avoid attaching ourselves to thoughts. They come, but we sit. We stay returning to our…

Within everything that is wonderful is some element of struggle and suffering. Even a grand and beautiful tree is rooted in soil composed of fallen trees and leaves, deceased animals…

In my previous job I worked very hard and was under appreciated, especially when it came to the amount of income I received. It was a challenge to remain positive…

Think of a seedling that has found its way into the soil. This seedling is from an apple tree. Even before it found itself wedged in the soil it always…