Every work day for almost 8 years now, Dena has written a love note, poem or other thought, on a napkin - and tucked it in Marshal's lunch - a ritual of the heart. At the beginning of 2009 Marshal started typing them up. Now, it has become our practice to share the Daily Napkin with you, OUR ritual of the heart. May you enjoy them. May they feed your spirit.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Conscious Work

A labor of Love

Their deep conversation

Passed gently through

The hours of productive pain

To birth a new understanding

Between them

Joyous

Conscious

Work…

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Old Habits

Returning to the old landscape
the landmarks were familiar

The faces of déjà vous
had not quite the same expression

The paths were worn
but adjusted to new configurations

Old habits die hard
still it’s easiest to tread lightly
on forgotten pathways

As if exploring for the first time
new joys await around the next bend

Friday, May 25, 2012

The Key

Forgiveness and compassion
is the key which opens
the lock in my heart

Open the door
and let Love shine

Illuminate my world
all the time

"Use the key," I say to me
"Use the key."

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Centered

Oh, the merry go round goes round
and we go up and down

And though the world
does not revolve around me
I am centered in my own being

Over and around and through
I am uplifted, supported and floating

On the abundance
of everything good

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Birth of a Song

He stepped into the meadow
and many dragonflies greeted him
in the lightly slanted sunlight

His Spirit frolicked
as the new song burst
fully formed

From his lips, from his heart,
and from his grateful Spirit