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Easily Amazed

This is a weblog that I, Ashley Cooper, began writing in 2003. In 2019 the site crashed. All of the content was saved, but the formatting lost. Please forgive the appearance! You can find current content at www.AshleyPCooper.com

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The Way WIngs Should

Photo source THE WAY WINGS SHOULD What willour children do in the morning?Will they wake with their hearts wanting to play,the way wingsshould? Will they have dreamed the needed flights and gatheredthe strength from the planets that all men and women need to balancethe wonderful charms ofthe earth so that her power and beauty does […]

Posted byashleySeptember 17, 2007Posted inHeart, Love, poetry, Rumi, wingsLeave a comment on The Way WIngs Should

Sailing Through This Puzzling and Beautiful World

“I want people to sail with me through this puzzling and frightening world. I expect to fail at moments on this journey, to get lost–how could I not? And I expect that you too will fail. Even our voyage is cyclical–we can’t help but move from old to new to old. We will vacillate, one […]

Posted byashleySeptember 1, 2007Posted incommunity, Earth, Flow, prayerLeave a comment on Sailing Through This Puzzling and Beautiful World

Lunar Eclipse

How blessed we areto be aliveand to seeour own shadowprojected uponthe moon’s face. The many facesupon which our shadowsand our light shine! Grace dancingin time and space.

Posted byashleyAugust 28, 2007Posted inmoonLeave a comment on Lunar Eclipse

The Journey Continues

Watch out world… I’m 30 and ready to PLAY!! Opening into new waters with gentleness and strength simply being me. Photos from my birthday retreat.

Posted byashleyAugust 27, 2007Posted inImages, WhoIAmLeave a comment on The Journey Continues

Roots of Empathy

Tomorrow begins the next amazing (I imagine) training of this summer. I am very fortunate to be participating in the pilot of bringing the successful Canadian based program, Roots of Empathy, to the United States. I first learned about this program at the Vancouver Dialogues with the Dalai Lama on Educating the Heart (you can […]

Posted byashleyAugust 14, 2007Posted inchildren, Education, Roots of Empathy, StudentsLeave a comment on Roots of Empathy

A Place That Knows

“There’s a place inside your body that knows the answer.Just go inside and see what you can find.” ~Violet Oaklander

Posted byashleyAugust 10, 2007Posted inImages, WhoIAmLeave a comment on A Place That Knows

Hoppin On Home

Pictures from Northern California.

Posted byashleyAugust 5, 2007Posted inImagesLeave a comment on Hoppin On Home

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