Something More

Yearning for something more, anything…

anything that stirs my soul down to 

my toes tapping, 

    hips swaying, 

       fingers snapping

        with a glorious spin ~

my face turned to the sun

in defiance of the winds of change. 

Yearning for something more, anything…

that shoots me through spring soil 

despite rocky crags or drying lands

to gift me with joy while I let go of darkness, grief or sadness

replanting them carefully in soil of the past

giving them a chance to become fertile soil 

for the seeds and flowers that support 

exciting journeys yearned for.

Yearning for something more, anything…..

yeasty aromas, exotic rhythms and soothing music ~ 

all underpinnings of home and hearth ~

denying any muttering or wondering 

about where I am and who I am ~

for an open flow of energy with 

momentum and action to refine and

transform old habits and lessons in this love of life

Yearning for something more, anything…..

Brings me the joy of learning 

creating more from what is present

unravelling yesterday’s trips down memory lane 

to find questions still to be answered with

directions I still wish to follow on roads and lanes

lined with inner wisdom and knowledge

that awaken my sleepy consciousness.

Yearning for something more, anything….

that brings me joy ~ 

whether gems or rocks to fill my life with

  beauty in each day and 

     dreams for tomorrow

        while cherishing an ever wavering mirage of the past

complete with colourful balloons, iridescent soap bubbles 

and gardens full of growth, life and living.

“…that yearning inside you that seeks for fulfillment - does it still burn?”

~ John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

Outside the Fence

Evermore to challenge the status quo, shaped by beliefs of a time and place,

each of us can hold our banners high or have them removed from our grasp.

Accepting this challenge, built from the strength of the masses, 

blossoms into choice

arising from heart and soul.

Each personal journey will give form to

challenges made, whether grand or humble.

“Someone’s always going to come down on the side of the fence.”

~ Morgan Freeman

Routine Variations

Never varying except when

  ~ a new routine would work better

 ~  an emergency calls

 ~  more tools (or playthings) 

     are absolutely necessary

 ~  a vision goes from 

     foggy haze to bright mirage

OR - and this is important

 ~ a side-trip with friends,

    just for fun, is on the calendar!

“I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, 

if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.”

~ Charles Darwin

Do-Over with Pizzazz

Routines established over years of 

comings in and goings out onto roads and walkways of career and employment while growing into adulthood,

raising children, and following dreams 

belong not only to a work schedule 

but to all that is needed to support any work schedule.

Space and time have been set free to create rhythm and rhyme for this new phase to grow, to learn and to love within my own home, family, friends and community

Always grateful for the routines established 

over years teaming with colleagues and co-workers,

while we have cared for the sick, the infirm and the addicted,

I am curious and wanting to know more as I am re-tiring myself.

“Look for the magic in the daily routine.”

~ Lou Barlow, musician

One of Those Phases

Photo taken March 29, 2019 in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, BC

Upsetting the balance of

any of life’s ‘phases’

rocks our worlds with 

sticks and stones or with

bright balloons and music

while we set our course in

our own uncharted waters.

Upsetting the balance of

established, yet faded, 

patterns stirs up debris scattered & stacked in closets and drawers to be waded through ~ or not ~

while we pay our bills 

do the laundry and get groceries.

Upsetting the balance of life

in the spirit of transition?

Easier to navigate with

strength, skills and beliefs 

learned from sometimes tiresome lessons

throughout life’s growing seasons.

Retirement ~ just one of those phases.

“A transition period is a period between two transition periods.”

~ George Stigler, (1911 to 1991American economist, 

1982 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Breathless

Outside of the comfort zone

of a scheduled work world

with all the trappings of

before and after

into the comfort zone of

home, family and friends

leaves me breathless ~ excited

for this new before and after.

“Breathless and unharmed, we emerge from he mazes of metaphysics and 

psychology where man and the soul are playing hide-and-seek.”

~ Ameen Rihani, (1876 - 1940

Lebanese American writer, intellectual and political activist

Get Ready....

Journeys often begin with some trepidation...dampened by the aroma of fresh brewed coffee, a delicious breakfast of fried eggs, fresh fruit, and the excitement of unknown terrain and treasures to be discovered while exploring side roads into open fields, forests and orchards, kitchen tables and communities ~ backpacks full with shared and personal wisdom and experience.....

but it really all begins with waking up, feet on the floor 

and enjoying a good breakfast each and every morning.

“One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast.”

~ Robert A. Heinlein, Friday