Friend, our closeness is this: anywhere you put your foot, feel me in the firmness under you. --Rumi I have been blessed by friends as firm as the solid rock that supports the Crestones of Cerró Chirripo. I pray to be such a friend as well. (Photo: "Los Crestones, Parque Nacional Chirripo, Costa Rica" by … Continue reading Rumi: The Closeness of Friends
Placer: Contemplar intensos azules del sereno horizonte caribeño donde se besan mar y cielo con sabores de coco y sal.
Plena y bella surgís del Mar Caribe, Luna amada.
The Año Viejo has gone and the New Year has come, but somehow I still feel quiet and silent. Rather than my own words, today the spirit of poetry moves me to share "Song 36" from the classic Gitanjali by the Bengali sage Rabindranath Tagore. I offer it, with a personal touch according to my … Continue reading Tagore’s Prayer
I boarded the ferry, sailed, and landed in a peninsula between ocean and bay to visit beloved friends: Art, Music, and Joy. They felt the pain of loss, and I thought I could comfort them. But I also felt the sorrow of lostness, and it was they who comforted me. Music and Joy strummed the … Continue reading Close to My Heart
Busco paz al contemplar la frondosa copa del gran cenízaro iluminado por la gentil luz vespertina.
No sé tu nombre, blanca flor, ni tenés voz para decírmelo. No la necesitás. Te expresás en tu sencillez, en tu generosidad serena, en tu simple gozo de ser. Hoy quisiera ser sencillo, generoso y feliz como vos. Guardo silencio. Te percibo. Te contemplo. Acallo mi pensamiento. Siento.
¿Cómo mirarte a los ojos cuando no estamos frente a frente? Quizá puedo observar este cielo, admirar el resplandor níveo de sus ralas nubes iluminadas por su dorada estrella y su nítido fondo de preciosos zafiros. Puedo sentir entonces que este cielo nos cubre y que al contemplarlo, contemplo el espíritu que brilla a través … Continue reading Tus ojos en este cielo
Daniel G. Campos 