http://www.paulhrichard.com/blog Musings about the Soul, Life, and Passion Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:14:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On this first day of Spring...the Spring Equinox, we are reminded of the passionate, pulsating power of life bursting at the seams of nature in our northern hemisphere. As fecund life fertilizes our imaginations and souls with desires, I reflect on life's purpose in me. What am I called to ... http://www.paulhrichard.com/blog/?p=20 How often have you wished you could go back and do it all over again…only “get it right this time”? Regret and remorse often tinge our lives with somber hues, sapping the vibrant color and joy of a life lived to the full. The desire to return to an action, ... http://www.paulhrichard.com/blog/?p=17 Halloween —> Hallow E’en —> Hallow Evening —> Holy Night This venerable sacred night, called Samhain in the tongue of my Celtic ancestors, has a rich and controversial history. As with most ancient cultures, there was a powerful belief in the continuation of life after death. With that belief was an ... http://www.paulhrichard.com/blog/?p=14 December 25th (in the Julian calendar) marked the feast of the Winter Solstice. Originally known as the Feast of "Sol Invictus" (Latin for "The Unconquerable Sun") it celebrated a deep and abiding faith that despite the darkest and longest night of the year, the light would triumph and return to ... http://www.paulhrichard.com/blog/?p=10 My father died some time this morning. Death is a welcome yet uninvited guest She bides the time of her own choosing. A surrender, a sigh, a severing - a whispering into eternity to begin again with someday newborn cry. Embracing the fullness of emptiness releasing the emptiness of fullness the soul waits surrendering into life. My vigilant grief keeps ... http://www.paulhrichard.com/blog/?p=7 I am the desire of the star for the planet in its circular embrace I am the desire of the wood for the fire's sweet immolation I am the desire of the song for the ear of its beloved I am the desire of the soul for the soul of its desire I am all http://www.paulhrichard.com/blog/?p=3