In this post I was wanting to capture the feeling of learning to fly for ourselves. We are untangling, we are, in bits and pieces, letting go of what we thought was true about ourselves and grasping on to something new, something better. These moments of growth, these little steps, are not so small… Allowing … Continue reading "That Flying Feeling"
Read MoreTaking a thinking break, I looked over to my calendar. The saying for February was about growing quietly but persistently… I liked that one. Suddenly I realized that it was time to turn it over to March! Pulling it off my cubicle wall, I excitedly peeled up the next page to read this month’s quote. … Continue reading "Transformation and Understanding"
Read MoreExcerpt from A Clash of Kings, pg 97, by George R.R. Martin “Sam squinted up at the Wall. It loomed above them, an icy cliff seven hundred feet high. Sometimes it seemed to Jon almost a living thing, with moods of its own. The color of the ice was wont to change with every shift … Continue reading "Beyond the Resignation Wall"
Read MoreIt’s that stuff that makes us grow, helps us heal, helps us see. It transcends time, weaving its way through our childhoods, our presents, waiting for us in our futures (in the next second, and the next and the next…) It always leaves its candles burning, stars of light dotting our paths in every direction. … Continue reading "The Truth"
Read MoreRestless… Restless to… Restless to be… Restless to be in action… Restless to take this for a spin, a test ride, a real ride. Restless, like a horse in its stall, who’s just healed from a fall… Bandaged leg unwrapped, tender but strong, with a gleam in her eye for the long horizon… the brimming … Continue reading "Restless Growing"
Read MoreMy husband gave me a dozen long stemmed red roses for Valentine’s day. I got them early which is great with me; We live out in the country so flowers are not found nearby and Valentine’s day is just another day after all. I used to think that how much he went out of his … Continue reading "Celebrating the Truth about Love on Valentine’s Day"
Read MoreToday I contemplate the journey of wholeness, with emphasis on the journey… Last week I had my first listen to Alanis Morissette’s “Limbo No More” (listen here). I was moved to tears, not because I will never have limbo days again, but because I have come to this point in my journey where I am … Continue reading "The View from Now…"
Read MoreAccording to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary: Self Help: 1. The theory that individuals should provide for their own support and improvement in society. 2 the act or faculty of providing for or improving oneself Selfish: 1 Deficient in consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure; actuated by self-interest I was … Continue reading "Is Self Help Selfish?"
Read MoreThis week I was presented with one of life’s challenges. I live in a townhouse complex and have my own assigned parking spot. Wednesday night, I arrived home as usual from my second job, tired and hoping to get to bed as soon as possible. But as I rounded the corner to park behind my … Continue reading "Parking Stalls and Being Alive"
Read More“Now hold your hand onto the plow Work your body till the sun goes down What’s left of death is more than fear Let dust be dust and the good lord near” Beck ~ “Emergency Exit” (click on link above, then press the orange play button at the top to hear the song!) New foundations … Continue reading "A Good Kind of Effort"
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