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5.01.08
No signs, no fences, no restrictions. Just a lovely place to sit. A little heaven on our penninsula.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at the Annapolis Maritime Museum
4.24.08
I'm reminded of words of wisdom given to me by my grandfather. He said "surround yourself with people going in the direction you want to go in."
Journal entry from the TKF bench at the Metropolitan Transition Center
4.17.08
I find comfort in the writings of strangers. I find peace in this shady spot. I find perspective when I look outside myself.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at the Children's Peace Center
4.10.08
Today I received the best professional news of my life to
date. However, my heart did not leap even a fraction as much
as it just did. Here, on this bench, my sister and I just hugged
-- really hugged -- for the first time in too long.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at the Annapolis
Maritime Museum
4.2.08
I am not a rich man by some men’s standards. But,
for the second chance that was given to my wife, I am richer
than they shall ever know.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at the UMMS
- Kernan Hospital
3.27.08
The ospreys are very active today. What a delicate chirp
from such a big bird. One splashed down in front of me and caught
a nice, white perch. Thoughts of the office grind and headlines
on Iraq sort of drift away on this Sacred Bench.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Chesapeake
Bay Foundation
3.20.08
The water is calm. The sky is dark. The ducklings are growing
but not the sea grasses. The evening breeze cools my face. Oyster
shells all over the place. And the osprey’s whistle.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Annapolis
Maritime Museum
3.13.08
Within everyone’s soul is the voice of God seeking
permission to speak. Who am I to keep it from happening?
Journal entry from the TKF bench at American
Visionary Art Museum
3.6.08
It looks barren and empty here but there is such a promise
of new life and growth, a ripeness preparing to burst with color,
fragrance and song. Spring has arrived to push back the veil
of lingering frost. Let my heart awaken to the new possibilities.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Mt
Washington Community Arboretum
2.28.08
The purpose of life is simple. It is to discover
the gift you were endowed with...develop it, then return it.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Annapolis
Maritime Museum
2.21.08
The day after the snowfall…It’s sunny and
calm. The labyrinth has not been walked since the snow fell.
It’s a subtle path today. I have to pay attention to find
it. Can tell where I’ve been, where I haven’t. On
the way back out, I notice that sometimes I walk in my footprints,
sometimes not – so many metaphors.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Govans
Presbyterian Church
2.14.08
2 people in love
2 slurpees
1 sunny day
1 beautiful setting
What a lovely way to spend an afternoon - together in
such a beautiful spot.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Leon
Wolfe Park
2.7.08
I’ve met a perfect day. Wind still for a time, it
now picks up. Almost too warm for pants, the sun peeks through
to my left. This place gives me the gift of pause. A reminder
of my true pace in life. As the breeze through the trees rustles
leaves, I go my way...
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Chesapeake
Bay Foundation
1.31.08
Through the mountainside's gentle pull, the breeze stirring
a garden's stillness, a vibration opens a doorway within.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Western
Correctional Institution
1.24.08
I came here to pray for myself - for peace, for financial
security and even for some weight loss. After reading everyone's
story, I will instead pray for them. Perhaps, in return, someone
will pray for me.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Johns
Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
1.17.08
I see you across the way, walking your own path. The same
path, my path.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Whitman
Walker Clinic
1.10.08
This book transcends us beyond here and now, proving we
can be universally whole when at peace.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Mt
Washington Community Arboretum
01.02.08
Three times around the labyrinth – once for how
far I have already come – twice for where I am now –
and thrice for where I am yet to go.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Whitman Walker Clinic
12.19.07
Feel the breeze! I had an urge to run, skip, and hop through
the beginning, then dance with joy in the center, then gratefully
and gracefully walk out. I made myself walk slowly and reflect.
My gift was the joy of these thoughts.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Bon Secours Spiritual Center
12.12.07
It was lovely.
My hope is we will have more “Open Spaces Sacred Places”
in the future. I hope we (mankind) are smart enough to undo
the damage our heavy footprint has made on this beautiful, fragile
place we call Earth.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Govans Presbyterian Church
12.05.07
Today it is raining acorns, each acorn connecting me with
trees from the beginning of time. My walk was all about connection
- connection with friends, family and the broader universe.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Bon Secours Spiritual Center
11.29.07
There are places in Cambodia, Israel and elsewhere where
you can go whisper a secret, write a wish, or otherwise express
yourself. There need to be more true outlets for secrets, desires
and confessions. I am glad this place, this book is one. It
is a tiny step toward releasing the thought, desire that haunts
you….it is out, some small comfort.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at American Visionary Art Museum
11.22.07
No matter where we go in the world, no matter how much
“progress” our society achieves, we will always
need open places filled with nature that let us recharge our
soul and see the world in a fresh new light. At this time of
Thanksgiving, let us be thankful for these places.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Mt Washington Community Arboretum
11.15.07
If it is obvious that everything, everything and everywhere
are all deeply interconnected, then why does our government
and culture encourage us to stand alone, to be independent and
private? Get off the texting, IMing and all these technologies
that keep us apart. Stand together and let’s live this
life!
Journal entry from the TKF bench at American Visionary Art Museum
11.08.07
In this city, it’s easy to get caught up in the
momentum and chaos of daily life. It’s nice to take a
step back and reflect on the things that make it feel worthwhile.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Embassy
Row
11.01.07
I was sad until I sat here and discovered this book.
As I listen to the water and curve into this lovely bench, I
am reminded gently that each moment is a gift.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Leon
Wolfe Park
10.25.07
Today is the 1st day of the rest of my life. It is only
what I make of it.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Hopkins
Bayview
10.18.07
Society churns; nature breathes. And here they meet where
nature has an upper hand. How glorious a collision.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Annapolis
Waterworks Park
10.11.07
I’m thankful for such a beautiful day, peaceful
day and a marvelous day. I’m not using drugs or drinking
alcohol. I’m serene right where I am sitting in the garden.
God, thank you for 4 years clean today.
Journal entry from the TKF bench at Newborn
Holistic Ministries
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