I don’t want anything
to be ordinary
yet
ordinary feels so comfortable.
There is time in the ordinary
to check things.
Things like whispered desires
that spin around a curve
of wanting extraordinary
to ‘brighten things up’.
An extraordinary world
takes breath and energy away .
I don’t want anything
to be ordinary
yet
ordinary feels so comfortable.
“Depending on the reality one must face,
one may prefer to opt for illusion.”
~ Judith Guest, Ordinary People
Over the years, life has been shaped
and reshaped always
with an ember of belief in myself.
Although this ember so cooled
with life’s vagaries,
it never became a blackened wick.
Only when gently sheltered and,
with my soul’s breath,
did it give birth to a tiny flame.
“No one’s ever completely broken. It’s just a matter of how much
has to fall apart before the ember of life is exposed to air.”
~ Charles Eisenstein, author
Out on the balcony where
I could know the power of the storm,
smell the moist, soft rain,
feel cool air on my arms
hear thunder’s deep voice
as it wandered away
I felt safe with my book
revelling in flashes of lightning
seeing dripping trees hold their breath
hearing the slush of traffic
watching the tough, bulky clouds
as they followed the thunder.
“If I accept the sunshine and warmth, then
I must also accept the thunder and lightning.”
~ Khalil Gibran
Comfort and space,
both needed
for breath to be easy.
In the space
of stars and moon
we know only breath.
The breath of the universe.
We have yet to discover
all the comforts of space.
“focus on the journey, not on arriving at a certain destination.”
~ Chris Hadfield, An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth
*For Artemis 2
Courage can restore order
when a chaos of worries
threatens to overwhelm,
Just a tiny bit of courage to
take a deep breath,
take one tiny step,
to believe in that breath
Courage can restore order
when tiredness dictates
with an offer to rest.
“Your best teacher is the person offering you your greatest challenge”
~ Cheryl Richardson, author
Intention speaks
from the soul.
The word spoken aloud
gives it more weight,
a reminder ~
a breath from the soul.
No demand
No insistence
To reach out
To grasp intention
To work with its weight
brings the silent plea to life.
“Intention is the core of all conscious life.
Conscious intention colours and moves everything.”
~ Hsing Yun, Buddhist priest
(1927 - 2023)
Xiphoid process is for
our own good.
Small and powerful
shield for organs beneath
an anchor for
the muscles of breath
“
Just as each of us
in our own small ways
protect each other’s lives
and breathe life into the world.
“Your spirit has wound itself into my bones,
My rib cage is the anchor for its home.”
~ Frances Woodard, Strings of Fate
Christmas season
holds it’s breath
until the
shopping
wrapping and unwrapping
cooking and eating
have been consumed
until we are all sated and satisfied
~ our hearts and stomachs are full
of the sweet chaos of it all.
“Embracing chaos might be the path to finding peace.”
~ Rachel Hollis, author and speaker
Unlocking a lock
sealed by necessity or
the conventions of time
is difficult.
Some would say ‘impossible!
so why bother’.
Others would say
‘it will just happen;
give it time’.
Well what is ‘it’?
Not sure there is a label.
A feeling not entered in
a list of emotions.
The Feeling?
An open window
A light breeze
A lightness inside
The lock was
imagined ~
but real until
breath was more important.
“Sometimes,” the Wise Man observed, “to need is…..to let go.”
~ A.C.H. Smith, Labyrinth:
A Novel Based on the Jim Henson Film
