a step towards peace......

“the simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. a persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that

places harmony in one's life."

~ peace pilgrim

wishing you peace and well-being on this cold winter's day......

ball's shoe shop

"the shoe that fits one person pinches another;

there is no recipe for living

that suits all cases."

~ carl gustav jung

chasing shadows

"a shadow cannot ignore the sun that all day creates and moves it."

~ rumi

no sun today to create..... or chase around.... shadows

spent my day in a bone chilling rain

i'm blessed to be able to come home

to a warm house

and a good cup

of joe......

the phoenix has risen!

what an absolutely BEAUTIFUL morning! i'm sitting on my porch with a great cup of joe....listening to a kzillion happy birds....and watching the sun rise. this day zeros out being sick for the last week......and even though my house looks like resurrection city......guess who's spending this awesome day OUTSIDE................

heartfelt......

"the best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.....

they must be felt with the heart."

~ helen keller

wishing you a happy valentine's day........

dancing........

"every tree and plant in the meadow seemed to be dancing...

those with average eyes

would see as

fixed and still."

~ jalal al-din rumi

being among nature's gifts

makes my soul dance.......

calming the volcano......

"if your heart is a volcano....

how shall you expect

flowers to bloom?"

~kahlil gibran

i find that photography calms the volcano

in my heart....

a single step......

"the longest journey begins with a single step... not with a turn of the ignition key."

~edward abbey

consumed by silence.....

i have spent this last week consumed by silence. i sometimes wear silence like a shield.....i've found that most people recognize it as such and will honor the unspoken request to be left alone. these are the times that i fight the voice whispering in my ear to flee....where to...i haven't got a clue.....just that i need to go...away.....alone....searching.... for what...again....not a clue....just....something... always the seeker...filled with a wanderlust so strong that my body aches....the gypsy blood pulsing through my veins like a madness....seducing me to forsake family and friends to seek some higher life...

i become introspective during these times....devouring books by the dozens...looking for answers to my unknown questions....i anesthetize myself with alcohol.....overindulge in foods....self destruct....self destruct....self destruct....until i wake up shaking....bleary eyed....weak.....to a new day....and the sun is shining......and i'm still here.....where i'm expected to be. i'll rise....put on my mask....once more....quell my gypsy soul...and return to the drudgery of being my unauthenic self......

each time i resist the call.... i fade a little more.....dimmer...and.... dimmer...extinquishing the fire of my soul....bit by bit...knowing in my heart that if i don't feed that fire...then...one day... all that will be left will be charred...blackened pieces of who i was supposed to be....

and to that woman i want to say.......forgive me.

my sacred space......

lakota prayer

wakan tanka... great mystery

teach me how to trust

my heart

my mind

my intuition

my inner knowing

the senses of my body

the blessings of my spirit.

teach me to trust these things

so that i may enter my sacred space

and love beyond my fear

and thus walk in balance

with the passing of each glorious sun.

according to the native people... the sacred space is the space

between exhalation and inhalation.

to walk in balance is to have heaven (spirituality)

and earth (physicality) in harmony.

praying for harmony

seeking peace

still.....

the crazy ones......

here’s to the crazy ones...

the misfits... the rebels... the troublemakers.

the round pegs in the square holes.

the ones who see things differently.

they’re not fond of rules...

and they have no respect for the status quo.

you can praise them...disagree with them...quote them...

disbelieve them...glorify or vilify them.

about the only thing you can’t do is ignore them...

because they change things.

they invent...they imagine...they heal...

they explore...they create...they inspire.

they push the human race forward.

maybe they have to be crazy...

how else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?

or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written?

or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?

while some may see them as the crazy ones...

we see genius.

because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world...

are the ones who do.


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