Hope ~ the Mantra for Today
Today I will be hopeful and remain in the expansive quality that opens in me when I am filled with Hope.
Hope to Return - Rome ~ December 2009
Hope ~ Juicy Heart
Posted: September 20, 2011 in Art, Gratitude, Inspiration, TrustTags: Gratitude, inspiration, Joyful living, Reflection
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Emerging ~ Juicy Heart
Posted: September 19, 2011 in Challenge, Gratitude, Poetry, ReflectionsTags: awakening heart, character development, Creating something new, Diving in Deep, Phillip Coupal
Emerging from the test on Friday. Today is Monday and I feel like I just woke up after a long sleep. All went well. I am curious to see where this flows to next.
My heart is open and clear. My heart leaps with JOY!
In Blackwater Woods
by Mary Oliver
Look, the trees
are turning
their own bodies
are turning
their own bodies
into pillars of light,
are giving off the rich
fragrance of cinnamon
and fulfillment,
are giving off the rich
fragrance of cinnamon
and fulfillment,
the long tapers
of cattails
are bursting and floating away over
the blue shoulders
of the ponds,
and every pond,
no matter what its
name is, is
nameless now.
Every year
everything
I have ever learned
in my lifetime
leads back to this: the fires
and the black river of loss
whose other side
is salvation,
whose meaning
none of us will ever know.
To live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.
Emerging ~ Juicy Heart at Easton Mountain Summer 2008
Thanks to Mary Oliver
Reading – Juicy Heart
Posted: September 15, 2011 in Challenge, Flowers, Inspiration, LearningTags: rejuvenation, Spirit, The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World, Trust
Reading today.
Preparing for a diagnostic surgery tomorrow. I am preparing for what will happen tomorrow and creating some time over the weekend for recovery.
I am reading, “The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man’s World”. Having read a few pages I have an inkling now that this read is going to be a valuable and informative journey. My first response… “I wish … that man who was my primary teacher and trainer while I was training to become a counsellor had read this… Perhaps he would have been more empathetic as a gay man working with other gay men…”
This is going to be a delightful ride, a ride and a read and a rest that I am looking forward to. I am sure this book will take my mind off of the fear and wondering about the surgical procedure taking place tomorrow, I have this thought that this read will sooth me and help me rejuvenate.
Today I will be happy and joyful and in the pleasure of being me… AS PINK AS THAT IS!
Furry PINK DICKS on my rampant Glads ❤
Rest – Juicy Heart
Posted: September 14, 2011 in Flowers, Gratitude, Inspiration, Learning, ReflectionsTags: Breathing, Gratitude, inspiration, Joyful living, rejuvenation, Relaxation, Trust
Rest has transformed the way I feel.
Yesterday I took care of many small detailed elements that were stressing me.
Today I feel well rested after a deep and undisturbed sleep. Last night was the first night in many that I felt no pain in the middle of the night. To wake up after a night of rest was delightful.
I feel energized and enriched by rest.
Today I will take care of a few more pieces, I will allow for the tranquility to flow. I will savour the delight of feeling rested and rejuvenated and unafraid.
- GLAD for REST ~ September 2011
Glads are a delight! ❤
Doing – Juicy Heart
Posted: September 13, 2011 in Inspiration, Learning, TrustTags: awakening heart, character development, Diving in Deep, Dr. Seuss, Gratitude, inspiration, Reflection, Trust
“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good” ~ Dr. Seuss
Today is all about doing, preparing, planning and letting go. Doing some of the things, taking care of some of the stuff that I have little practice with. By all of this I mean that today I must enlist help. I must ask those around me to help me. Some of this asking is simply for a thought, with some a big deed. Asking has always been a challenge for me.
Today I will trust and ask. I will seek the help that I need to move ahead. I will take care of myself and in this self-care take care of the world and the loved ones around me. ❤
The Angel Within ~ Sept 2011
“The Angel Within” – My very own Guardian Angel. Protecting me and helping. September 13th, 2011
Lunch – A NEW Institution
A lovely lunch to nourish me.
Tomatoe, Cheddar Cheese, Spinach Greens, Cracked Pepper on a Whole Wheat Tortilla
YUM!
I will delight in eating healthy today! ❤
A Yummy Lunch
A poem arrived in the Mail
“let yourself be silently drawn by the pull of what you really love” ~ Rumi
My heart flys open when I read these words. A beautiful card full of appreciation and warmth. My gratitude for all that life brings seeps into my being and opens the flood gates of a JUICY HEART.
Today I will open the envelope and be filled with joy and surprise at what lies within.
"drawn by the pull of what you really love" ~ Rumi
- “drawn by the pull of what you really love” ~ Rumi
ODAAT – One day at a time.
Easy Does IT Today. Everything is moment by moment and piece by piece. Taking care of one element, item, task – completing this piece, celebrating and moving on to the next. I find it hard to believe that this is all in preparation for an exploration.
I will be patient and appreciate the process and all that life brings.
A Photo altered rendition of the Vials of Blood taken from my arm this morning. September 9 2011
Today is about HOPE
My Heart feels better with HOPE. My mind feels better as well and my psyche follows.
LOVE is the DRUG I am Dreaming of…
HOPE - Love is the Drug I am DREAMING of! - September 8
LOVE …
Today is one step at a time.
I will not judge anything of the size, depth or length of each step. A step is a step. I am diligently moving ahead one step at a time.
This is actually difficult for me as I am usually dancing ahead of myself. Today is different and it seems that each step must be taken precisely, with assurance and determination. I must constantly let myself know that this is actually dancing, simply to a different cadence and rhythm. The difference between doing the Watusi and Irish Step Dance, the difference between break dancing and a classical minuet.
Today I will love the dance and trust that my steps will be guided by the light of the moon. I will adore the dance as it unfolds. I will surrender to life’s cadence. ❤
Dancing by the Light of the Moon - Easton June 2010
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