Blessings
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wondrously melded
joy and grief collide
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This Time Around
Another year – orbit the sun. Same as the ones I’ve muddled through?
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August 1968
I remember an uncle, who left this earth as I arrived.
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it all leads to here – so what?
Shit happens. If you don’t believe that, you aren’t paying attention.
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Silver Linings
Finding good in the bad. That’s my new hobby.
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past painter’s present
Now, we go inside to experience the past painter’s present.
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knowitall
“I’m old enough; I know it all,” she stated; “Not numbers, books, but ways of love and living.”
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Sharing the Health
For the first time in months, I find myself wordless. The upside is that “wordless” is not making me feel “worthless”.
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with rush of breezes hot
Shan’t hear complaints from one who’s oft so cold.
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kitchentablepollyanna?
Early on, we knew what we had bought…
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Growing (?) in Circles – #SoCS
I think I’ve been thinking about growth the wrong way…
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serendipity
Some days your plans change
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Pain Hurts… Duh – Velvet Skill #8
The recurring feelings of hurt, abuse, neglect, failure (fill in the blank) begin to define who we are, and we fear we won’t know who we are if we become someone BEYOND or WITHOUT that pain.
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celestial surrender
waxing and waning…
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Judgment-Free Zone – Velvet Skill #7
Actively resist the temptation to place everything in your life on a “good-bad continuum.”
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slow growth
I let them hammer, peel, and scrape, To let the sun-starved seed escape, And grow e’er sunward with my leaves widespread.
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The Multitask Myth – Velvet Skill #6
You are going to be surprised (unless you are already a pro at this) at how difficult this skill is. Apart from those of us who have pre-programmed performance orientation, society itself keeps telling us “busyness” and “doing many things at once” show value.
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that which does not kill us…
December morn – I’d end it all; Was not the plan – I went for broke.
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Stupid is as Stupid Does – Velvet Skill #5
When life doesn’t turn out the way you want, stop insisting that it not be so.
