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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Epic Life
Surfing 50 foot waves? How do you train for that, let alone do it? As a 16-year-old, no less. The fam just watched “Chasing Mavericks” again, based on the true story of Jay Moriarity whose bounteous passion fueled his surfing … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Kindness/Generosity, Mindful, Soulful
Tagged "Chasing Mavericks", alive, becoming, epic, flow, flow state, hero, Inspiration, Jay Moriarity, Joy, Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi, optimal experience, passion, quest, self, soulful, Surfing, transcendence
11 Comments
narrowed
how could I have forgotten how small it is I am here so many rules and fences reeking fear thrashing these limping lungs will not fill on the gasping air flaccid vision sere how could I forget the thud of … Continue reading
Posted in Mindful, poetry, Soulful
Tagged convention, fear, fences, home, landlocked, leaving, narrowness, poetry, rigidity, shrinking, social pressure, soul
4 Comments
choosing passion
I was not going to dance today too far too stiff too tired (too old) but then the unstinting sun strode onstage the glinting eastern sill spilled peach and gold ebullient to miraculous accompaniment sweetest birdsong…. how could you not … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, poetry, Soulful
Tagged alive, Beauty, birdsong, choice, Dance, ebullient, Inspiration, meaningful, nature, passion, poetry, soulful, twilit, vibrancy
12 Comments
why there are mermaids
She lolls there surely glimmering azure sea on the inside lapping at the blurring edges of our souls’ hungry tide. She calls there alluring crystalline tones reminding us enchanted what hearts’ wisdom already knows. We paint the mesmerizing mermaid there, … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Mindful, poetry, Soulful
Tagged enchantment, identity, imagination, Inspiration, mermaids, Ocean, possibility and expansiveness, sea, siren's call, soulful, uniqueness
4 Comments
slippery muse
I wonder if I will find the thread on the solitary dirt road drive into town? If I play Neil Young’s wistfulness her “Harvest Moon” will she come out again, dance? Or perchance she might cup might waft from leaves … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Inspiration, poetry, Soulful
Tagged alone, Choreography, Creative Process, Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, motherhood, muse, Neil Young, Ocean, poetry, solitary drive, tea, tea leaves
18 Comments
sea swim to sunset
When you walk this solitary path into the twilit sea warm sugared sand softens your crunching tread soundlessly a lilting sun will spew a dazzling carpet of diamonds welcoming you iridescent reminding that pages turned gleam on reminiscent When you … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Mindful, poetry, Soulful
Tagged Beauty, dreams, Inspiration, intrepid, Joy, mindful, nature, Ocean, ocean lullaby, quest, sailing, sand, sea, sensuality, soul, swimming
5 Comments
Princesses and Dragons
What if we are all heroes of amazing tales yearning to be spun, awaiting only our rise to the heights of our glowing promise? What if the noises that go bump in our souls’ night are simply an exuberant symphony … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Kindness/Generosity, Mindful, poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged bumps in the night, courage, Dragons, dreams, fear, fearless, Generosity, hero, heroes, Inspiration, intrepid, mindful, poetry, possibility and expansiveness, princesses, quests, quotes, tigers
15 Comments
dancing a life
drenched in voluptuous sea air wee girl I was still frolics on sunkissed shores there my dancing flows to music entrancing: my children’s laughter gushes neverending gallons of tears, of rapture echoes thudding groans, whimpering stumbles, triumphant tones recalls the … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Mindful, poetry
Tagged alive, Dance, flow, Inspiration, Joy, mindful, movement, Ocean, poetry, sea, Spirituality, transcendence
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mermaid’s mooring
swimming my solitary seas trawling for wonder’s enchantment calling for shackled souls’ release where are you my island my comfort, my peace? swimming my voracious seas alluring wandering azure restlessly I grow weary of a lonely destiny haunting the unanchored … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Kindness/Generosity, poetry
Tagged alone, enchantment, Inspiration, Island, Love, mermaid, mooring, nature, Ocean, poetry, seas
8 Comments
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