I was able to hold my two week old great-niece today, without contracting any baby fever type urges to have another of my own. There is great satisfaction in seeing that torch passed along to younger generations, and I felt most content to bask in the sweetness of their rosy, shy delight over the humor…
Tag: Love
return greetings
The snow came back today. Earlier this week when all our snow melted away into a brownish sludge with branches bared, I directed myself to focus on the reality of my influential psychic energies upon my family, and mostly resisted a bout of depression and malaise. So today, when the snowfall arrived anew with all…
scenic
A glorious snowfall this day in mid Michigan. My heart rejoices. I encourage everyone I encounter to let love and thanks for the beauty of the snow fill their own hearts with warmth. Maybe if the snow feels wanted, she will keep showing up. We can’t just keep losing the living contours of nature. Otherwise,…
tuned out
In just a few days, it will be three weeks since I cut myself off from reading the news feeds. I am glad to say that though I remain functionally up-to-date on current events, to the extent that my outrage is fully righteous and regularly conveyed by phone and email to the office workers of…
Aching
The first turning of the leaves did not thrill the way it used to, when I would shout color with joy. I viewed the darkened hues with misgiving, heart fluttering a small panic at the specter of unknown killings within. The possibility that beauty harbors disease. This afternoon we walked in sunshined woods, brown leaves…
determination
It is odd to realize that there are plenty of people who would look upon goodwill and caring as indicative of weakness. On the contrary, it takes a deep, slow-burning intensity of continuous determination to be able to find and consult the morality present in a loving heart. Yet, bombast and insults and intimidation are…
receptivity
If the old grown woods fed our human senses with love, their glaring loss begets unspeakable absence. Hollowed out, hearts dispossessed. Smallest leaves must fill the need for wondrous looks at life. Beauty seen, a victory keen.
Taming
My mind is often far removed in a mess of thoughts whirling with regret and worry and maybe and why. How to remain present to the immediate moment and all the lives contained therein? It may be that the lives around us need to be allowed their full importance, to ensure that we care…
Insight/Outfit of the Day 