Thoughts from the Heart

In the heart.

A lie lives

In the mind.

So be true

To your heart,

And the world,

Will be kind.

That you were once a kid,

Just think,

About all the great things,

You once did.

If you wonder,

If you’re now grown,

You’ll only wish,

For all the love,

You were once shown.

Is meant to rhyme,

And when it rhymes,

Only in time,

Will life begin,

To shine.

Navigating the Perception of Intuition

Is it really intuition, or is it paranoia? Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com We’ve all had those days where things just aren’t lining up at all.  You might even believe that someone is out to get you, to sabotage your life in some ridiculous way. Maybe it’s a coworker. Maybe it’s your mom. Your best friend, your boss.  You might even think it’s your own child.  But what do our perceptions of…

Dream a Little Dream with Me

Those we never meet in life live in our dreams. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Have you ever met someone in your dream whom you’ve never actually met in real life? Was it what you expected it to be? I’m often entranced by those I meet in my dreams. And perhaps the most exciting part is that you’ll never know when these introductions will occur. They’re random. Chaotic. Subtle reminders of the…

When Your Old Life Returns a New Life Begins

Dreams of old herald changes on the horizon Photo by Ron Lach on Pexels.com The smell of fall after a cool morning rain is an unmatched scent. It’s this time, this season, which holds the scent of life changing. Leaves morph in color and texture, changing from brilliant green to red, yellow, amber, crimson and brown. They curl and flap, clacking against bare tree, against bark and skin. They…

It’s Time to Beware of Cultural Tribalism

Where your allegiance is, your behavior will follow Photo by Fredox Carvalho on Pexels.com As I stand in my yard in the morning, my bare feet pressing against the leaf riddled ground of mid-November, I’m entranced by the warm-cool wind as it glides over my face. It’s scent offering a petrichor of a time long passed. It is within these small moments in the early morning where I’m reminded of…

Try Living a Life Without Adversity… I’ll Wait

True growth is found along the rocky path. Photo by Nacho Juu00e1rez on Pexels.com If someone asked you to paint a picture of your life, how would your composition look? Would it be full of color, of life, sound, with beautifully accented margins? Or would it be dull, gray, scrawled with deep strokes of coarse charcoal? The truth is, most of our life compositions would be a collage of color…

Falling Along the Pathway to Home

Image Credit: Unsplash Where is home? For some of us, for we who’ve moved about all our lives, this isn’t the easiest question to answer. For others, you don’t even have to think on it too long. Home is where you grew up, it’s where your parents raised you. Maybe it’s a family home. Perhaps it’s a place, that place you first remember, the one that burned itself into your memory; a familiar…

Noise Ordinance Notice to the World

Image Credit WorldBeat Cultural Center A time comes in life when you have to just call it like it is. And unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last few years, you’ve probably noticed how noisy the world has become. You can say it. It’s gotten loud here. Too loud. Personally, I’ve managed to shut a lot of it out. But the nature of my work requires me to be “plugged in” every single day.…

Image credit: Center for Peacebuilding “The world is full of confusion and contradiction. We cannot expect to do anything that is absolutely right. We can only measure rightness by the truth within ourselves. And our own truth will never be quite the same as somebody else’s.” ~ Jay Woodman, SPAN When we are young, we are taking in so much of the world. As the world whispers softly to us, we…

“It’s a thing to see when a boy comes home.”― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath It’s always strange returning after so long. Here this blog is in its 9th year, and yet I still keep returning. As my original intention still remains true, this blog has been used for the sole purpose of sharing my deeper thoughts, those swirls of madness that line the basement with their perennial cobwebs.…

“The good and the beautiful is not forgotten; it lives in legend and in song.” ― Hans Christian Andersen, Classic Fairy Tales

There was a time in your life when everything made sense—when nothing was complicated. Nothing made you question your place in the world. And nothing stood between you and living a full life, with a pure heart.

You were inquisitive, daring and brave.

You were loving,…