Life sits like an unopened present An invisible box that I daily circumnavigate Never opening Never revealing I give it a little shake sometimes Wonder what’s inside Yet like the celebratory treat a loved one has hidden, kept in store for me I’m never quite sure what to make of it – or some days […]
This morning it is raining again The sea is whipped into frenzied foaming white capped horses that beat at the shore and trample everything in their path To enter the ocean is like walking into a stampede, and who would do that? Not me, I wander along the high ground looking out Relishing the soft […]
Have you ever had that moment where you are thinking about a person or a situation intensely, and then your perspective shifts and the whole floor of your internal conversation just drops away? Your argument is stolen on a puff of wind that exits the mid section, following what feels like a very real blow. […]
I was listening to a podcast today from The Life Coach School. I haven’t listened to Brooke for a long time. There was a time when I listened to her everyday for six months or so. She still makes a lot of sense. This morning Brooke was talking about how important it is to be […]
A tree sitting in the garden Locked into place Held by roots, it cannot escape And yet it changes Season cycles turn green to brown Faded leaves fall and flutter to the ground Snakes that expand and lose their skin Growing a new one they begin again A cliff face may take a thousand years […]
Simple is as simple does Such a simple thought and yet we love to convolute Expanding situations into troublesome affairs And wondering why no one understands that we just want simple Causing chaos and stirring up drama the interior turmoil spills over and burns someone who goes on to think we are an overly dramatic […]
It began with an itch, that I unconsciously rubbed. By the time I got home, both my eyes were nearly swollen shut and the “itch” had become a full blown march across my raw eyes. Histamines from the grass, verdant and lush from recent rain, had tipped me into a full blown allergic reaction. The […]
The egg is a casing, fine and fragile Inside there is life We see the outer membrane, white and hard Easily cracked – temper exploding And it reminds me The exterior is not all there is. A soul dwells deep within No soft fluffy chick, given But still, there lies within all of us, more […]
Is our obsession with consumption merely a symptom of our desire for change? After all, buying a new shirt is easier than giving up smoking, coffee, or any one of a dozen other things which people regularly attempt. Lasting change, at a character level, is difficult to achieve, and all the self help books in […]
I’m listening to a song I haven’t heard before. My hands pause in the soapy water. I cease all movement and listen all the way through. The song is by Fletcher, entitled Undrunk the full lyrics are here. Wish I could get a little undrunk so I could uncall youAt five in the morning, I […]
