Reflections of life’s journey
Have you ever looked closely at a tapestry?
I know, I know … what does it have to do with ‘who am I’.
Bear with me.
Each little thread is as important as the next and all together creates a masterpiece.
Our lives are like a tapestry, ever evolving … every thread of life experiences create the beauty we see.
So, who am I?
I am you and you are me.
elizabeth
no matter how dark it seems …
there is always light …
and in that glimmer …
there is hope
elizabeth
it is through our brokenness …
we find our wholeness
elizabeth
The ever-loving divine energy gives me wisdom, strength, courage and faith in the divine order. It’s infinite love and light flows through me, guiding my path.
I am one with this light and it’s healing vibrations work within me.
I know the divine flows through my ladies, giving them wisdom, strength, courage and faith guiding their paths.
I let go completely, relaxed in this truth. I feel calm, connected and grateful.
And so it is.
i have no more tears
oh mama why
dear one
i won’t let them flow
because i will have to let go
oh mama, please
please grieve for me
and set yourself free
oh my child
there is no need to grieve
we both are free
so find your way
please don’t stay
there is no need to fear
i am standing near
with a mother’s light
so please take flight
go … grow
we both know
it is the only way
please don’t stay
until then
you will know when
we will meet again
and again
so dear one
i have no more tears
because i have no more fears
i believe in you
this is … oh … so true
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When I go out into the night air and look at the moon … I see a loving mom wrapping her arms around me, comforting me and shinning a light on my path. Even when I don’t see her, I know she is there.
We are all children of a loving parent.
And this is a poem from a mother’s heart, for only a mother knows the journey to the soul and a journey she can not partake. Her children have to walk through their own deserts alone. All a mother has is her unconditional love and everlasting light to shine on their path … soon they will see the divine within, the source of their strength, welcoming them home.
At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. – Albert Schweitzer
We are never alone.
Even in my darkest times when it was void of light … I wasn’t alone.
Others believed in me and stretch out their hand to offer me hope.
They would tell me … ‘One day you will see what I see in you. I believe in you.’
Their light rekindled mine and allow me to see my path, my worth.
Thank you to my many teachers.
I have a profound deep sense of gratitude for your selfless service of loving kindness you gave to me.
As my light grows it touches another and to another … and back to me.
The light of life.
As a wise person once said … ‘Life is truly precious. It is a gift that is freely given.’
Have a bless day and know you are loved just as you are. Please take care of you.
You can’t help that birds will fly over your head but you can stop them from building nests in your hair. – Unknown
Such a great quote.
It is such a good reminder not to let obsessive thoughts nest.
Sometimes I feel like I am in a scene from the Alfred Hitchcock movie, The Birds.
Way too many birds.
… for me my mind never stops and I find it so easy to latch on to a thought … it is like a broken record, replaying it over and over in my head.
In doing so it takes me away from what matters most … this precious moment, right here, right now with you.
However I have tools, I have a choice to accept the thought as it is and simply let it go.
How?
Just by labeling it … when a thought comes, I say ‘thinking’ and return back to my breath.
Oh, I do this so many times a day, but it is ok.
What matters most is progress over perfection.
As I do, I find peace and the gifts I receive being present are truly priceless.
So … my birds aren’t nesting, they are migrating.
Have a wonderful day this Memorial Day and know you are truly loved just as you.
Please take care of you.
The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed. – Jiddu Krishnamurti
Reminds me of another saying I have heard during a transitional time in my life … ‘I am motivated by love.’
Love is truly powerful … it provides the courage and strength to overcome the obstacles on any path.
It offers me the truest light within.
Loving kindness starts with me.
When I place my hand over my heart and offer loving kindness to myself, it warms my soul and my light shines brighter.
May I be happy
May I be loved
May I be joyful
May I be at peace
I would not be at this place if it weren’t for those who crossed my path extending their loving kindness to me.
They shone their light when mine was dimmed and offered me hope.
So I offer back to them the light they freely shared with me.
May you be happy
May you be loved
May you be joyful
May you be at peace
And then to world …
There are so many that need loving kindness … it is transformational and begins with me.
May you be happy
May you be loved
May you be joyful
May you be at peace
For me I see it is like a circle, never-ending … when my light dims, I offer myself compassion and then extend outward … I get out of self and offer the priceless gift of love.
As it was said ‘… the greatest of these is love.’
Have a wonderful day and know you are loved just as you are.
Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot. – Thomas Moore
I love the zen adage of ‘you gather more flowers with an open hand than a closed fist.’
It is a great illustration of humility vs ego.
Our ego forms from our attachments … to things, ideas and labels, we put on ourselves.
Before long my ego will build a fortress around me, shutting off the light of growth.
All the should’s become like bricks in the wall.
A wise person once said, ‘when we cease to learn it is time for us to pass on.’
Life is about growth and humility opens that door.
Some feel humility is a sign of weakness when it is quite the opposite.
It takes extreme courage to be vulnerable, to show our authentic self.
Just like the words of Pink Floyd … tear down the wall.
Let the light shine and grow.
Know you are truly loved JUST as you are.
Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of you journey. – Ram Dass
Life is truly precious and there are so many things to be grateful for.
However, sometimes in the midst of chaos, that gratitude can be hard to find.
I know for me in a weird way when things keep piling up and piling up and I become so overwhelmed …
… I just laugh and lift up my arms to the universe and saying “r-e-a-l-l-y!!!”
In doing so, I just created space … that brief opening allows me the chance to catch my breath and know that this too shall pass.
By being present I am able to see that these moments are truly a stepping stone for greater growth.
Life truly is precious.