Regrets are the shadows of the past.
The future draped in hopes and worries.
Coherence is found now.
Choosing Connections
Windows opening
Blockages provide
the pause necessary
to consider
another way.
To look more slowly,
to be grateful for the path that led here,
and not need to make any further progress.
Opening to opportunities
with strength,
creativity
and courage.
Exercising ingenuity.
Obstacles are not a sign of worth.
They are an invitation to become.
Touchdown
Grounded in lightness.
Free to expand.
Confident in choice.
Clear in direction.
Comfort in stillness.
Peace in the quiet.
Steady in heart.
Content in this breath.
Discarded
Alone,
it rested
below the fresh
and blossoming
bouquet,
forgotten,
dropped.
As if it’s work was done,
the petal fell,
tired,
heavy,
worn.
It left the collective
where it had so faithfully held on,
believing that its beauty lay
in its contribution.
It could hold on no more.
It had to drop away.
It had to pull apart.
In its moment of letting go
and seeming it was done,
that petal
became
its most beautiful
version
of itself.
Step by step
Learning to step
without overstepping,
or stepping back.
Learning to care
without caring
about results.
Learning to feel
with feeling
instead of thought.
Learning to differentiate
between true joy
and fleeting excitement.
Cultivating peace
over emptiness
in the stillness.
Learning that love
is a state of being.
At the root of it all
I can no more be in or out of love
than I can be in or out of my body,
or my breath.
Love is not something temporary,
to be chased,
or clung to.
Love is the essence of freedom,
self expression, and connection.
Love is a state of being
that allows all else to exist.
Fulfillment
The woodpecker with its beautiful crown of red and feathers of blue
alights on the side of the big oak tree.
Quickly setting to work,
diligently, making holes in the bark, tapping the marrow of the tree.
Rhythmically and expeditiously it farms.
The tree doesn’t seem to mind.
Is the woodpecker successfully harvesting sustenance?
Or, could it be coming up empty?
Simply searching,
patiently,
methodically,
systematically.
Poking
and poking,
until the choice is made
to go elsewhere,
or remain here,
seeking,
practicing,
exploring its skills
and talents,
supported,
nourished,
and satisfied,
wherever it chooses to be.
Changing states
Reflecting your sparkle,
Your joy,
Your light.
Reflecting your goodness,
Grace,
Humility,
Kindness,
And love,
Until you cannot help
but to absorb
the characteristics you think you see in me
As what they really are,
Simply awakened parts of you.
Replacing reaction with reflection.
Ready
Grounded in lightness.
Free to expand.
Confident in choice.
Clear in direction.
Comfort in stillness.
Peace in the quiet.
Steady in heart.
Safe in this breath.
Music
Heart broken.
A little piece
left rattling around
makes a sweet tune
every once in a while.
Smiling now.
Monday Mindfulness 