Refuge

The world is madly beautiful. What I realize, what I know to be true, I look around and see that I am now and have always been free. I take refuge in stillness and peace calm and serene tranquility of a blessed silence – the beauty and wholeness of Being. As I withdraw, pull back, … More Refuge

Return of Happiness

Searching her whole life for the thing to be fixed believing once found she would be changed, not the same one, sad, mired deeply in pain. She looked at what the world could provide – in faces, behaviors and empty eyes.   The pond of life, she thought, showed her flaws; dents, things inside, broken … More Return of Happiness

I chose

I chose I chose this life I chose the family of origin I chose the men I chose the children I chose the journey I chose to be acceptance in motion I chose to feel love as deeply as I chose the pain I chose to be love flowing out in waves I chose. And … More I chose

Best Friend

This best friend is kind the type you want to be around and she is so very sweet, thoughtful, and just the One you’d like to meet. She’s always there, ears ready to hear, eyes shining bright, looking deeply inside – past the facade of smiles and nods and shallow ‘of course I’m fine‘ replies. … More Best Friend

still listening

There is a space inside where I’ve not ever been. At the center; irritation, it seems, agitation, some ‘not quite rightness’ dry, frozen, deep, raw; a hidden cavern, a concern for weeks, more like months, maybe even years have passed, run around, filling todo’s, occupying time and every little ‘out of place’ thing gets set … More still listening

Earth Survival Guide

Expression I’m realizing how important it is to express myself. It wasn’t something that I ever did.  Not as a child or adolescent and even more true as an adult. I never shared what I was feeling. Partly because I was unable to explain living like a stranger on the planet, feeling like spare parts, and partly because … More Earth Survival Guide

a/voi/dance

I’m often looking for someone to be.  Someone smart, someone evolved, knowing, clever, happy, light, trying to appear joyful.  I want to put on an air of confidence.  I try to grasp something, an idea of how I want to be perceived.  What hat should I wear?  What will they think of me?  How do … More a/voi/dance