You find yourself on a street you’ve never
walked, in the town you grew up in
and came back to. The street is a ribbon
on a gift you’ve never opened. You walk the street
and a waft of jasmine fills you, a white cat
crosses your path, and from an open window
you hear the sound of a violin. Garlic
is [...]
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Valencia Street
Posted in Inspiration, Life, Poetry, Spirituality, tagged Freedom, Inspire, Italian, Italy, Poems on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
River of Dreams
Posted in Inspiration, Life, Music, Poetry, Spirituality, tagged Dreams, Poems, Youtube on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dedicated to Kitty C. who turned me onto these poetic lyrics from the Piano Man…
Album Cover by Christie Brinkley
In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
From the Mountains of Faith
To the river so deep
I must be lookin’ for something
Something sacred I lost
But the river is wide
And it’s too [...]
Inner Freedom
Posted in Abraham Hicks, Happiness, Inspiration, Life, tagged Freedom, Inspire, July 4th on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We celebrate freedom from Great Britain today – yet wherever we live, whoever we are, no matter our circumstances we possess an inner freedom that can never be taken from any of us. And that freedom is the freedom to choose who we are and how we show up in this world. Nick Vujicic speaks [...]
Fresh and Wild
Posted in Inspiration, Life, Poetry, Rumi, tagged Poems, Inspire, Thankful on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Make me sweet again
fragrant and fresh and wild
and thankful for any small event
~Rumi~
Faraway Places
Posted in Inspiration, Life, Poetry, Spirituality, elizabeth adams, tagged Dreams, Inspire, Personal, Poems on July 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
as twilight begins
and darkness descends
light pours into small spaces
and I am tossed out into the violet night
half remembering now the questions I asked:
what’s it like in that other realm?
and
will I be alone?
answers drift in from faraway places
and hang like forbidden fruit
words and images impossible to translate
relief comes as the first blush of morning arrives
wind strokes [...]
Dance Tribute
Posted in Inspiration, Music, tagged Dance, Michael Jackson, Song, Youtube on June 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Excerpts from cnn.com:
CEBU, Philippines (CNN) — Amid the tropical heat of a Philippine prison, convicted murderers, rapists and drug dealers on Saturday paid tribute to Michael Jackson with a reprise of their YouTube dance hit, “Thriller.”
A rendition of Jackson’s 1980s smash hit by prisoners at the Cebu Detention and Rehabilitation Center [...]
May You Be Blessed
Posted in Abraham Hicks, Inspiration, Life, Spirituality, tagged Blessed, Inspire, Joy, Love, Wisdom, Youtube on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
May the light at the core of your being illuminate the world…
This Side of Heaven
Posted in Abraham Hicks, Happiness, Inspiration, Life, Mindfulness, Spirituality, tagged Heaven, Musings, Random Thoughts on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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This side of heaven, where do you suppose this side of heaven is?
“It’s not a place you can get to by a boat or a train. It’s far, far away.
Behind the moon, beyond the rain.”
So said the rubyslipper-ed one just before she sung that unforgettable
song: Over the Rainbow.
Behind the moon, beyond the rain…is it [...]