Life is a soul journey of learning here on this 3rd-dimension Earth plane. When we realize as a collective our true worth, and the full potential and purpose of our being, things will really change for the better on this planet.
Wholly is an excerpt from Soul Journey: The Poetry of Life.
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One might imagine I wrote this poem about a personal relationship, but no, I wrote it for humanity. And I guess “relationship” applies anyway, because aren’t we all having a relationship with each other?
It’s time to stop throwing stones of hatred, and remember the underlying love that binds us together. Or, how are we ever going to overcome the problems in the world?
Stone’s Throw Away is an excerpt from Humanity’s Lament: Poetry for Our Times
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During Masaru Emoto’s experiments with water, he discovered that water responded to “Thank You” even more strongly than the word “Love”. The water formed more beautiful ice crystals when frozen.
Gratitude is one of our highest expressions of Love. It is one of the most powerful ways we can personally transform the world. It therefore behooves us to get better at saying it more often. 🙂 A happier world is a more abundant world.
Each day is a gift, and the present moment is the only certain one. There is beauty and sacredness to be found in every single day, when we choose to live that way. It’s the small things all around us all the time that give life its true magic. Intentionally taking notice of life’s beauty makes life feel infinitely richer, and when we express gratitude for it, we also amplify our abundance. That which we focus on expands, so more comes back to us in an upward positive energy spiral of our own making.
Smile
Smiles have
this way, they
captivate and
illuminate,
they raise up
our energy
and light up
the world,
they ripple
outward and
boomerang
back to us,
they’re a gift
we give to others
and to ourselves,
so just –
Smile.
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Speak, whether it is simply using your voice, or through the written word. Try as much as possible to make your words positive ones, because words are seeds.
Speak about life, its essence, its beauty, your loves, your passion for it all, your ideas and inventions. Our world needs more creativity, and when we share it with others, we inspire each other. It builds.
Speak about the values that you believe lend integrity to life, that build the moral fiber of society, the higher ideals of philosophers. No dream is too lofty. We really need more big lofty dreams right now, because dreams when embraced passionately have this curious way of manifesting.
Speak to protect the innocent, for they do not have the experience to know when they are being preyed upon, or the wherewithal to protect themselves. We who do know better have a responsibility to protect them.
Most of all, simply speak your inner truth. Give yourself time to really get in touch with it. You know more than you think you do.
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
~ Coco Chanel
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This postcard features a painting I created a few years ago from a trip to California, where I visited Yosemite National Park, and Muir Woods. The original is quite large, and the medium is watercolor painting, with very detailed graphite pencil work layered on top.
Being a lover of trees, I was very taken with the giant redwoods on that trip, which some years later became the setting for my fiction story The Turquoise Heart. So, the painting and the story became closely tied together. In the story, the protagonist 14-year-old Anna makes the observation to her mentor Elsu that the trees in the forest they are walking through look like a family.
“Elsu, did you notice that group of trees that we just passed? There were many very tall ones, plus a giant one like the one I hid in. They stood in a circle with their branches reaching out to each other, and there was a little tree in the middle. It was almost like they were holding hands and protecting it. They looked like a family.”
“Very good observation! You are not just imagining they are a family. They really ARE one.”
“How do you figure that?”
“Trees communicate with each other underground through their roots and fungi. They have their own intelligence. For their survival, they have learned to cooperate, not just with each other, but with other tree species, too. They are very community-minded.
“Trees share space so they will all hopefully get some sunlight. They also produce sap that feeds the fungi, which in turn feeds sugar back to other surrounding trees. That little tree you noticed is actually being nourished by the big trees. It is all one big family in the forest.”
This weekend I am offering a free copy of The Turquoise Heart if you are interested in reading it. The free download link is here.
The Trees Weep
The willow weeps,
the pine trees moan,
all Nature’s feeling it,
deep to the bone.
Humans out of sync,
not hearing their hearts,
the soul of the Earth’s
being torn apart.
“Technology’s call
mesmerized them all,
and why can’t they see,
their hate is a wall?”
The mountains watch,
their strength eons old,
the oceans too have
seen centuries unfold.
They will endure, but
will humans be here?
“It seems they don’t care,
they don’t hold us dear.”
The eleventh hour
draws swiftly nigh,
trees watch us, crying,
will this be goodbye?
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