Bend and Stretch

A vision of what is to come, 

~ seldom available. 

Speculations, ideas, doom, 

but no crystal ball. 

Spinning round and round 

in circles seeking why’s and 

wherefores of tomorrow and 

the next day and 

the next month and 

the next year……..

til I recall a simple maxim: 

‘Stay where your feet are’. 

Between mind and feet, 

it’s a long, long way but is 

one trip to put off til 

‘just the fact’s ma’am’ are clear.

Seems a bit short sighted, 

what about 

glorious plans and 

far reaching goals?

~ the vision of our desires!

So it’s steady on with 

plans that bend and 

timelines that stretch.

“Vision is the true creative rhythm.”

~ Robert Delaunay, French artist

24 Hours

Long days with a smile and a 

nod to time passing from 

right to left, or is it left to right. All I know is that time 

keeps pace with the steps I take. Some days 

zipping by, other days seem as though someone turned on the 

slo-mo feature in the universal clock. 

Today did not zip by, perhaps slowed a bit in 

the afternoon, but all in all, long or short, 

all days are 24 hours - no more, no less.

“The trouble is, you think you have time.”

~ Jack Kornfield

Colour and Balance

Artist: Ruth Van Egmond
Victoria, B.C.

Art works of the 

great or humble, 

adult or child arise 

from an inside 

space that no one 

can see even after 

colours dry on 

canvas or paper. 

Whether oil, acrylic, 

water colour or crayon, 

vision made real and

whole in brush strokes 

or bold stars and curves ~

art works to be cherished 

and hung on an office wall 

above a row of chairs

or mom’s refrigerator amid 

a collection of fridge magnets. 

Colour and balance lives.

“In art, the hand can never execute anything 

higher than the heart can imagine.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quiet Easy

 

Becoming a person 

in this world full of 

discord and aggressive voices, 

a person who wants 

the noise to be softened, 

is easy.  

Become the person 

who turns off the TV and 

all the social media voices, 

and steps outside where 

the juncos chirp and chat.

Maybe a squirrel chitters from 

his perch as a car splashes by. 

Becoming a person who enjoys 

life in the real world 

really can be a quiet easy.

“The lesson being that in life you control what you can.”

~ Michelle Obama, Becoming

Foot Work ~ Balance ~ Theme for April 2025

Becoming a……

Art works of……

Long days with…..

A vision of…..

Nuances that shape.....

Cresting a…….

Eternally grateful…..

“Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.”

~ Epicurus

'Feel Your Music'

Like cool rain drops, 

piano music

refreshes my soul.

“The important thing is to feel your music, 

really feel it and believe it.”

~ Ray Charles

Who Among Us

Who among us have not felt 

the whoosh of time when 

an almost forgotten joy

or an old fear has been borne

~ not in detail ~ 

but in the bursting of heart or 

the shrinking away from hope.

It is then that we know that 

the growth of years has 

surpassed our child self.

Who among us have not known 

the brilliance of the moment when 

we welcome the forever flower of joy 

and a steady glow of hope to banish fear.

“Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.”

~ Sigmund Freud