NEW YEAR'S EVE

"I have a fine lot of hopes here in my basket."

~ Nathanial Hawthorne ~

It's time to shake things up a bit!

Try new arrangements.

Try new mindsets.

Re-set tired programs.

Refresh what's raggedy.

Rejuvenate what's sagging.

Be alive again,

And bright!

Because

We are. 

I re-new myself today, and again tomorrow, and again the day after that. 

WONDERING

"The most decisive actions of our life... are most often unconsidered."

~ Andre Gide ~

I am afraid

And not afraid

Alone 

And not alone

Fired up

And exhausted to the core.

I am free

And bound

Water

And sound.

At the end-

The beginning-

And

Rooted in the ground.

The New Year is coming. What will it bring?

TODAY'S PARTICULAR KNOWING

"It is strange and wonderful what changes may be wrought by a few fleeting months."

~ Elizabeth J. Eames ~

We think we know,

And we live in the reality of that particular knowing.

And then a deeper truth is revealed

And our reality changes,

Again and

Again and

Again.

Life rolls me over.

THE AFTREMATH PRELUDE

"There is an order to all things, a pressure of progression... there is no halt, no turning back. Tomorrow rises in the east.."

~ Hal Borland ~

Here we are

Winding down one year

and

Winding up the next.

In this, 

the pause between holidays,

We find 

the quiet,

languid,

restful,

exhausted,

anticipatory

Hope.

I am here for the duration. 

SWEET SADNESS

"Remember

This December

That love weighs more than gold!"

~ Josephine D.D. Bacon ~

Christmas has come again.

Always the same.

Always different.

Hope and joy and beauty and lights.

Indulgence and expense and family dynamics.

Sweet.

Sad. 

Busy.

Lonely.

Chaotic.

Lively.

Festive.

Still.

I experience the many moods of Christmas.

BEGGING THE QUESTION

"I have grown old from being serious. "

~ Kamand Kojouri ~

Who wants to feel uncomfortable, unsure, or in pain?

Who wants to suffer emotionally?

None of us, 

which is why 

We are always seeking answers, solutions, and

Quick fixes.

And yet, we DO feel uncomfortable, 

we are unsure,

And pain comes.

So that begs the question,

How well do our solutions work?

Not very, seems to me...

Which begs the question,

Who's in charge here?

And the answer

Eludes us...

And on we go.

I surrender to the way that grace plays. 

LESS THAN WE THINK

"Relax a little bit. Give life a chance to flow its own way, unassisted by your mind and effort."

~Mooji ~

Whatever shows up,

We don't have to fix it.

We don't have to fear it.

We don't have to steer it.

It's just what shows up.

The truth is simple.