Things I learned in my first 50 years…

… Only I define myself.

… We don’t always get what we want or think we deserve… It doesn’t kill us.

… The worst of times lead to the best of times.

… Eventually we experience it all.

… I AM totally worth it all.

… I AM capable of accepting it all.

… I AM free to give it all.

… We know we’ve grown when we release judgment and embrace it all.

… When we embrace we experience Grace.

… Grace is a wonderful thing.

… Love and adoration cure a lot of ills.

… Overlook the irritating. Focus on the elevating.

… Look for the good and praise it.

… It is ALL about relationships.

… Give. Give more. Give again. Give all you’ve got. Totally worth it.

… Oh! The exception? NEVER Give Up!

Please tell me what you’ve learned!

Into The World 

Young Adulthood

Settling In

At Last

Thoughts?

~ Live consciously.

~ See clearly.

~ Seek clarity.

~ Simplicity.

~ Discover fears and limitations. Let them go. 

~ Understand motivation, the ‘why’ behind the goal.

~ Refuse to stand in judgment of another.

~ Love unconditionally.

~ Embrace The Light.

~ Open to Grace.

~ Connect.

~ Be, essentially.

     ~ Bliss! 

Live consciously… Seek clarity… Discover fears… Eradicate… Stand not in judgment… Love… Embrace The Light… Open to Grace… Connect… Experience bliss…

Clear?

Clear.

Clarity:

–noun

1. clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.

2. the state or quality of being clear.

—Synonyms

1.  intelligibility, exactness, simplicity.

How to be free, to be happy:

Sow Peace, Acceptance, Joy, Respect, Unconditional Love…

Nurture your family. Whether you were born into it or created it.

Build emotional security. First in yourself, then in those around you.

Play together. Play. Every single day.

Grow.

Reap what you sow.

What are you sowing? Let me know.

It’s fragile,

This fabric wov’n on the loom of life.

So much not said, unshared, undone

Adds stress, does strain, builds strife.

We move along behind the veils

That privately we weave

To shield ourselves from falsehoods, truths,

Those others might believe.

We craft elaborate screens and scenes,

Essential to deceive.

But on and in our skin, it’s wrong

We know, and so we grieve.

Assumptions,

Eccentricities,

Duplicities,

Unshed

Will gnaw like moths, voraciously,

Destroy our silken thread.

And if the veils come wafting down

Aloft on judgment’s winds,

We hope the truth stands tall,

Prevails

And then the real us wins.

When she heard the girl was sick ~ and always would be.

“Not my daughter.”

“She’s brilliant. We prize that.”

~

She raged as illness unfolded.

Living the day-in, the day-out, fearing dreams would never come about.

“This is not our life!”

She had such plans. She cherished them. She clung.

~

She trembled when the crazy bubbled up.

When her fear, fueled by helplessness, boiled on over with it.

She’d always had control.

That’s how she lived.  She controlled.

~

She prayed when hope refused to settle in.

When getting through a day sans crisis was success.

“God can do miracles.”

“We need one. I’ll do whatever it takes.” She begged.

~

She mourned as miracles failed to manifest.

When she knew the girl was sick and always would be.

When she knew her mind was truly ill.

She, they, so prized it.

…time…

She loved when they spent time together.

When the girl chose to live and she chose to live beside her.

When she knew their plans had changed, but that the change was right and good.

They would move on. They would be well.

~

And now.

They rejoice.

She is ill, but lives, stays, well.

Lives, loves, learns. Well.

And ~ blessed be ~ brilliance, bravery, beauty ~ accompany.

They, too, are here to stay.

On close inspection, not at all.

From deep within, a new visage surfaces and glows.

Metamorphosis.

Old descriptors no longer apply; something new is afoot.

Is it beauty, truly inner

Wisdom…Sagacity?

Is it acceptance

Understanding

Rebellion

Acquiescence

Or simply age

Can it really be that simple?

Age?

Can it really be this good?

More readily.

Fear stepped in.

I stopped.

Journey in.

Accept.

Practice.

Strength– Flexibility –Balance

I move again.

Released.

Free.

Me.