Timing ~ 1

So much to do

So little time

But wait!

Time is always there!

Seconds to minutes and.....

A minute is always a minute

An hour only an hour

It’s everything I plan to do in

seconds and minutes, 

hours and days

to create the life I want.

So I’ll breathe a bit,

sit still a while,

just slow the pace today.

“Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.”

~ Antole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

Oneness

slipping through time

opening like a flower

like sun and moon 

moving through the sky

drifts of cloud piling high

or stretching thin in the wind.

nature’s transitions around and above us.

within these universal transitions,

we each bring our own changes

heart imbuing them with colour, light or darkness

mind designing structure and shape

body creating form and reality.

“The only thing which was to heal is the illusion of being separate.”

~ Wilfried Fink

Letting Go

In transition ~ whether forward or back

letting go - a skill we frequently lack

thinking not of this part of change

steps are taken that seem quite strange!

letting go of things we’ve had

peaceful life or chaos so very sad.

adjusting to bumps along the way 

habits grounding every day.

So bit by bit, things leave our grasp

Opportunities arise that we can clasp.

“Open your arms to change, but don’t let to of your values.”

~ Dalai Lama

Renewal ~ 1

“There is nothing new any more.”

“It’s all been done before.”

Swept away by time

Forgotten in drifts of hidden memory

Renewed by youth’s creativity

as they transition into an adult work world

Young adults birthing ‘new’ ideas, 
just as children, new to the world.

But there is no new thing ~ 

Only the skill and adaptation of youth.

“It is not once nor twice but time without number that 

the same ideas make their appearance in the world.”

~ Aristotle

Look Up - Way Up!

Follow through transitions us through to our goals

Follow through may be hard

~ means keeping your eye on the goal while living ordinary daily life of individual, personal routines ~

flexible, rigid or somewhere in between.

But transition isn’t just in the mind

Mind-thoughts are very linear

goal oriented but

leave out details that sparkle and shine

‘Just the facts, please.’

translates to ‘Things only, please’

Spirit-thoughts let follow through flow.

Clear goals need clear vision

Envision the goal ~ 

what colour do you want the sky

how warm the breeze

should there be laughter and joy awaiting

When living just every day

what colour is the sky

how warm is the breeze

does laughter and joy hold a place each day

Follow through is transitioning

accepting the hard tasks of life

appreciating what is present

and just keepin’ on keepin’ on.

And when, along the way,

people, places or things are found

to match the goal ~ whatever the goal ~

gather them into your vision for the journey.

“The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough 

to stare up the steps - we must stipe up the stairs.”

~ Vance Havner

Listening to Voices

Shame - an inside job

A very personal and individual inside job.

Shame - an inside voice

Sternly driving and energizing 

poverty of self-esteem

Transition from shame to healthy self-esteem

a steep climb up a rocky cliff

never sure of footing

loose pebbles beneath

unfamiliar terrain

handholds and footholds

roots of trees and dry grasses

threatening to trip, break bones and spirit

Easier to stay at the bottom of the trail

in familiar but ugly terrain

unwilling to see that there are steps up and out

unaware of beauty and growth along the way

space and air at the rise of each summit.

Courage in each faltering step

also an inside job,

with a quiet voice of strength.

“Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever

you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing

to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.”

~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Spaces and Places

Spaces and places

Spots and slots

We each fit somewhere

in houses - or not!

Homes are our castles

where hearts live inside

But we set out conditions

for who should reside.

Babies are crying,

children make noise.

Teenagers disrespect while

adults just work and their

elders need care.

So we are sorted and separated

with disdain and dislike,

when transitions through life

could enjoy and instruct and help all out alike

giving homes many hearts

whether castles or not.

“I know there is strength in the differences between us. 

I know there is comfort, where we overlap.”

~ Ani DiFranco

There and Back

A tough transition from hope to despair and back again when illness strikes one down

Not down enough to call it quits

just down enough to cry.

to cry inside about one’s loss

unfair as it may be and yet 

proceed through days 

as though there were

no problems with too great a fee.

“Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock,

is the signal that things are moving into transition in our lives.”

~ William Bridges