Reconnecting.

Reconnecting.

Gathering around a ring of fire in gratitude does the trick. People who express gratitude create pools of generosity in the world around them. –Martha Beck

When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again

“…Let love and friendship on that day,Hurrah, hurrah!Their choicest pleasures then display,Hurrah, hurrah!And let each one perform some part,To fill with joy the warrior’s heart,And we’ll all feel gayWhen Johnny comes marching home.” –Patrick Gilmore Reminiscing the sweltering days of … Continue reading

The Way Of Integrity

The Way Of Integrity

You can’t love someone into loving you if they don’t even know what love feels like, isn’t that right Emerson? “Peace is your home, integrity is the way to it and everything you long for will meet you there.” – … Continue reading

Playing Yourself

Playing Yourself

Standing by and waiting for someone to change results in playing a great role in your own suffering. I’ve finally become an active participant in creating the change I crave in my life. It’s no small feat…accepting accountability and deciding … Continue reading

Party Isn’t Over Yet.

Party Isn’t Over Yet.

Raised on love, perse flowers headsThriving in abundance, a single blade in lush greenswardLasting beyond the frost, the courageous onesdashing its way in, the surprisingly obvious Not knowing what’s ahead, all that’s avoidedAll that we have, the presentSomething lost in … Continue reading

Settling In

Settling In

From within, a static infliction in all my cellslids soft, heart nearly stillslow, deep breath.Am I breathing or is it you breathing for me?One breath of life, percolating, bubbling from bottom to top. Out of the barn, a cleaner purer … Continue reading

The Feeling That Does Not Pass

Some lives stick to predictable paths. Those that dare to trek off the beaten path are most motivating and as a result most fascinating and curiously enough are not the most trodden fellas. No, their souls are alive, burning for … Continue reading

Where Rivers Meet.

Where Rivers Meet.

All the water below me came from above. All the clouds living in the mountains gave it to the rivers, who gave it to the sea, which was their dying. -David Whyte

Chromatic Shifts

Chromatic Shifts

Connected to the wild, an intimate and raw me.Taunted, manipulated, abandoned, discarded no more.Out of red-hot ashes, my worthiness.A journey of the heart, no better time than now to leap and bound.Bringing me out of the dark, tones of a … Continue reading

Early AM Routines.

Early AM Routines.

This is morning. Early morning UV rays permeate through a white heavenly blanket. From this shot, there is nothing stopping this early morning star from shining. Autumn’s leafless trees contrasted with the looming overcast, a canvass of silvery-noire ink brushed … Continue reading