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September

After months of deep diving

It’s time to sail the surface of life

With stronger wings and a willing heart

The winds of change are taking me back to sea, where new adventures await…

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August

Retrenching inside while the temperature soars outside. 🔥😁💦

Focused on developing a better understanding of my current needs and dreams for the future while unlearning lessons from the past.

Freedom comes from knowing what doesn’t serve me and moving forward without the weight of expectations and responsibilities that were never meant to be mine. As those assumed burdens lift, I am creating space for lightness and joy and replenishing the deep well of love inside me so I can feel alive again.

There is ongoing regret, loneliness, and guilt and still more grieving to be done to truly heal, but there is a path forward, and I’m grateful for the wisdom that is being shared and growing inside my heart and soul.

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Independence, liberty, and freedom…

As I think of these words this Independence Day, my feelings are evolving. I hope is that in the future my independence is less about how I’ve learned to survive, and more about creating possibilities for space for me to thrive and where dependency is enabled through trust and collaboration.

I don’t want my intense sense of responsibility to continue to limit my freedom to deeply live and experience this world. In the future the responsibilities that I take on must be balanced with role clarity, grace and gratitude.

I am deeply appreciative of the Liberty and liberties I have as an American citizen and grateful for the leaders and people who had a vision for a democracy where people have a chance to bring their dreams to life.

July ‘24 musings

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The long goodbye…

While grace was sought

And the pull of deep love remained

The pain I caused exceeded the threshold

Where understanding was possible

And I am left

With compassion and memories

Where once there was the warmth

Of His arms

The reasons for all of this heartbreak on both sides are real and now I will give grace to MY heart and spirit in lieu of the future of which I dreamed.

I hope the emptiness I feel now is one day transmuted

Into the space where new love and hope can grow.

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June…

Mid year already?

Still feels like I’m on the starting line

And yet I’m running the race

As best I can

Breathe deep

and GO!

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Be here now

In the quiet place

While the world in on fire

In my mind there is fresh snow

The smell of the hemlock tree

Next to the house in which my dreams were grown

Be here now

In the warm place

While the world is on fire

In my mind there is a salt breeze

The sound of palm trees

Next to the hammock in which a marriage was born

Be here now

In the loud place

While the world is on fire

In my mind there is the roar of a waterfall

The feel of warm rock

Under my fingertips through which strength is realized

Be here now

In the cold place

While the world is on fire

In my mind there is an explosion of color

The flash of fish through kelp forests

As salt water presses against my skin and I feel alive

I am here now

In this place

While the world is on fire

In my heart there is gratitude for the lessons learned

The moments of clarity

As my heart heals and my spirit rises

These are the threads that take me back and transcend time ❤️

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In this new season

I have no answers, only questions

Well chosen and worthy of consideration

As I search for reason and rhyme

Flowers encourage me to take my time…

A reminder that emergence is inevitable, but not predictable. 🙄😁🌼

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Emerge

Light builds

Softly breathing

I step forward

Into a new dawn…

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Bourbon

Breaks down walls

Shifts perception

And creates desire

Where doubts leave space for You…

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Love was lost in the space between…

Silent loneliness : quiet companionship

Listening to the words : hearing the emotions

Touching each other’s body : feeling each other’s soul

Connection built our home and then disconnection tore it apart and the space between is now filled with regret for what could have been but will never be.

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March

The roots planted breaking towards the surface

Emerging from dark solitude into an unknown tempest

And following the call of my spirit guides

As I brave the wilderness once more…

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February

The sunlight seems out of place

While my heart sinks

With the weight of your words

And sadness crosses my face

#heavyheart #grief #lovelost

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January

The light is shifting

And within my mind

There are dreams to chase

But time is drifting

While I stand fixed in place

❤️

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December…

Each day is short

The nights are long

I pause for the movement of light to dark and am filled by the absence of what was here, but is no more.

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Want < Do ❤️

“If you want more joy, serve. If you want more money, solve problems. If you want more freedom, face your fears.”

— Unknown

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When my heart is on fire, I look the the sky for answers,

When the sky is on fire, I look to my heart for truth…

#chooselove ❤️

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❤️ #perdidokey