Another Gentle Evening

It’s much later tonight ~

out for coffee after work with Jan and Robin

then to Nootka Trader’s for t-shirts for grandkids

followed by supper at Heron Rock Bistro

So:

I am ready to sleep tonight

the day has been long only

in hours but not in enjoyment.

~ visit with family a pleasant ending

And now to bed.....

Another lovely transition 

from collegial work day to pleasant family eve.

“Cherish your human connections:

your relationships with friends and family.”

~ Joseph Brodsky

A Gentle Evening ~ 1

Ready to sleep tonight, today has been long only in hours but not long enough in enjoyment ~ visit with family a pleasant ending, we strolled a lovely walk in Beacon Hill Park, toured my efficient new home and yard, shared supper made by my Edmonton guests ~ sister and brother-in-law.

And now to bed.....

A lovely transition from collegial work day through pleasant family eve.

“Cherish your human connections:

your relationships with friends and family.”

~ Joseph Brodsky

Only a Black Band

It was only a black band,

but a black band that quietly stated 

potential and knowledge

experience and expertise.

A black velvet band

looked up to and cherished

from childhood all the way

through nurses training.

The crisp white cap was proudly adorned with the sought after black band showing physician and patient alike that the transition had been complete ~ transition from student to a real nurse.

From childhood dream to teenage imaginings

on to book work and clinical experience.

Black bands and nursing caps are a thing of the past

but transition from student to real nurse remains today.

“The distinction between the past, present and future

is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”

~ Albert Einstein

Action Figures

Leaping into spaces

between....

Jumping from one state

to another

Crossing over a path

against the grain

Stepping lightly on stones 

in a babbling brook

Swimming through

clear or muddied waters.

Pulling oars smoothly

against deep lake water

Swinging high on a trapeze

through space without net beneath

Changing long held attitudes with

new information

Transition ~ fluid movement

of thought, idea and action.

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached,

don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”

~ Confucius

Transformation ~ 2

Transition 'tween states of anxiety and calm.

Anxiety ~ bizarre snaking of shapes and sounds through the earth of dreamy consciousness

bursting awake in great gasps of breath.

Breaths ~ slowing..slower...slowest...

deep breaths into the belly of the anxious beast

Calming the viciousness, hatefulness

retracting and reforming into larvae 

resting and centering,

to shed protective shell to emerge

a great multi-coloured butterfly rising on a draft.

Floating, floating ~ until

direction is a felt sense deep within

dipping down to earth for land's sustenance

resting powerful wings until the next updraft 

merges with inner energy to 

carry the butterfly one flight further 

towards a distance goal

“Transformation literally means

going beyond your form.”

~ Wayne Dyer

Comes a Goal From Within

An unformed goal arises

maybe not even conscious

an impulsive wish, 

a high flying dream, 

a fleeting spark of thought 

something more or better

safer or more defined

brighter, more open

an oddity that couldn’t possibly be real....

Transition slips in through 

cracks, crevices and wrinkles of heart and soul

mind whirls and spins, or maybe just chugs along

working out minutiae under the surface

til energy builds and there is flight.

“The important thing is to strive towards a goal which is not immediately 

visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit.”

~Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Flight to Arras, 1942, 

translated from French by Lewis Galantiere