emerald grass each blade a gem —Terry Chitwood What could be more ordinary than a blade of grass? And yet, in the poem, each blade is a gem. This refers to a blade’s internal essence (otherwise lawnmowers everywhere would have a field day shattering gems). Sorry lawnmowers, a blade’s internal essence is indestructible, and yet—unique. […]
Archives for October 2013
Celtic Images, Insights for Traders: The Otherworld
beyond the veil flowers bloom in winter –Terry Chitwood In the dusk, a shimmering light glows dimly, beckoning you to enter, enticing you with the faint smell of spring, with a beautiful melody barely heard, with the caress of a dew drop on your left hand, leading you to slip through the veil between worlds, […]
Zen Kernels, Insights for Traders: Raven Moon
raven perched within the halo of the full moon –Terry Chitwood The raven, a guide to help you walk the moonlit path, a messenger of the gods calling you into divine service, calls your name. Enter the night; find the light. As a raven with moonlit eyes, spiral down into the dark depths of your […]
Zen Kernels, Insights for Traders: No Footprints
on the snowy path leaving no footprints –Terry Chitwood Walk feather-light so your feet won’t touch the ground, like stepping on a cushion of air, suspended between moments, between breaths, a place where . . . time stops. Basking in the eternity between moments, frozen breath melts with the touch of a sunbeam; breath-drops like […]
Wild Wisdom, Insights for Traders: Stalking the Market
a wolf howls its undulating cry echoes through the canyon –Terry Chitwood The market undulates, rising and falling in sinuous waves, threading a path gradually upward like a monk ascending a winding path to the mountaintop, covered in mist, beckoning the monk onward—toward the heavenly gate. The market undulates, falling gradually like a river […]