Translucency

And so you have landed on the branch of the wild raspberry bush. You there and me here gazing upon your streamline body. So many people are mesmerized by your unique beauty but for me I just stand staring at you, my dragonfly. I don’t know if it’s my blurred vision or just when your wings are facing the sun they seem to disappear. In your stillness and the way you are perched, it appears as if you not separate but part of the branch.

Today hunger calls me but my little dragonfly, I am drawn to you. Every time I see you from a different angle and spy these translucent wings again, I smile. Before my meditation I asked to be led onto a path of good health… not just to be led but become part of this path with strength to defeat my transparent enemies of sleep and loneliness, then fly with my radiant wings into the sun awaiting your smile.

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Giant Irises

 

Oh Joan, take off your gloves and walk with me…

 

 

Life is full of choices and I have made some bad ones and I have made some good. Today I may or may not walk alone, but you are always my destination.

I have dreamt of returning to you. Many days have passed without your company but today I have returned. Oh joy! I am sitting here by your side again. 

To you I come in sadness and joy. A contemplative place soon to be a place of giant irises… for one fitful early morning  I brought to you some hearty bulbs from my garden and planted them by this waterside so in the spring...may we bloom together.

 

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Wild Weeds

 

Some

wild weeds quest

only to be touched

before

they surrender their roots

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Why I Write

 

These words from my journals stir from my inner spirit

and have given me a greater appreciation and desire for a deeper sense of prayer and gratitude.

Every word that has been written here was born out of a quest

to share with others for greater self discovery.

 

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Vision

 

 

Picture

peace

 

Live that

vision

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Humble

 

There is nothing

as humbling

as peace.

 

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How to be at ONE

 

Step outside for a moment if not longer

Do not walk on a paved surface and listen to the ground beneath you

 

The sssss of the sand 

The hollow thud of the clay echo

The sh-sh-sh of the grass  

under your feet

Acknowledge your feet touching the ground

 

Life to life

Life making contact to life  

LOOK AROUND AND WITNESS

Soothing sunsets

Mighty trees

Wild flowers

Unbridled fauna 

SHUT YOUR EYES

 

 LISTEN

to the sounds of nature

Cresting ocean

Songs of the birds

Bark of a dog

Hush of a breeze

Howling of the wind

Pitter-patter of the rain  

FEEL

Morning dew and crisp air as you breathe through your nostrils

Heat of the sun upon your cheek

A cool breeze against your skin 

SMELL

Sweetness of spring flowers

Dampness after an autumn shower

Frigid clean air of winter

Musty heat of summer  

TASTE

Open your mouth wide

Stick out your tongue and taste

It may feel cool from the air touching your tongue

Taste a crumb of food you had for breakfast

Woodsy taste from first waking up

The salty ocean air 

These are just a few sensual experiences that connect me to the earth 

REMEMBER

the earth is our planet

It doesn’t end at the ground

It includes everything that lives

in

on

and above

 

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