We search for perfection

We search for the ideal

We search and we search

for

That which is real

Just give me peace Lord

Take me through the day

Give me laughter

Give me joy

Give me love

and

YOU Lord

please stay

Winter is wandering in.


The cold
About to begin

Frosty air
Trees shivering bare

A certain beauty

Of this season

A time of rest

Before rebirth

On the Day
When the weight deadens
On your shoulders
And you stumble
May the clay dance
To balance you

And when your eyes
Freeze hehind
The gray window
And the ghost of loss
Gets into you,
May a flock or colors
Indigo, Red, Green
And Azure blue
Come to awaken in you
A meadow of delight.

When the canvas frays
In the curragh of thought
And a stain of ocean
Blackens beneath you,
May there come across the waters
A path of yellow moonlight
To bring you safely home.

May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
May the clarity of light be yours
May the fluency of the ocean be yours,
May the protection of the ancestors be yours.

And so may a slow
Wind work these words
Of LOVE around you,
An invisible cloak
To mind your life.

john o'donahue

I LOVE YOU

May all....

That is unforgiven in you
Be released

May your fears yield
Their deepest tranquilities.

May all that is unlived in you
Blossom into a future
Graced with LOVE.

jo'd

It is but another strand
In the weaving of life.

New Beginnings

In out of the way places of the heart
where your thoughts never think to wander
This beginning has been quietly forming.
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.

For a long time it has watched your desire,
Feeling the EMPTINESS growing inside you
Noticing how you willed yourself on,
STILL UNABLE to LEAVE what you had OUTGROWN.

It watched you play with the seduction of safety
And the GRAY PROMISES that sameness whispered
Heard the WAVES of TURMOIL rise and relent,
Wondered HOW you would ALWAYS LIVE LIKE THIS!

Then the delight when your courage kindled
And out you stepped onto NEW GROUND
Your eyes young again with energy and dream
A path of plenitude opening before you.

THOUGH YOUR DESITINATION IS NOT YET CLEAR..
YOU CAN TRUST THE PROMISE OF THIS OPENING
Unfurl yourself into the grace of BEGINNING
That is at one with your life's desire.

Awaken your spirit with adventure
Hold nothing back, learn to find the ease in risk.
SOON you will be home in a new rhythm
For your SOUL senses the world that awaits you.

john o'donahue

Climb the Mountains

and

Get their good tidings

Natures peace will flow into you as

Sunshine flows into the trees

The winds will blow their own freshess in to you

and

The storms their energy

While cares will drop off like Autumn leaves

John Muir

Walk through the darkness

Take control of your fear

There is LIGHT

On the other side

Wind Swept....

...And Fancy Free She's been coaxed
She's been magnetized
She's has happy as can be

He Entices
He Beguiles
He Captivates ME


She and He....the dance of enticement...the leaves on the trees.

Thinking of YOU...

As Cumulus Clouds
Cover SKY BLUE

ROY

Velvety Reds

Blending In

To

Pumpkin Orange

Topped with

Mellow Yellow RED

ORANGE

&

YELLOW

Wrapping up Autumn's gifts for one last hurrah!!!!

YELLOW (#3 in the Rainbow)

Many Shades of Color
I See
The differences
The likenesses
Between You
and Me

Bright times

and Paler times

But all filled with a unique love

and the Desire to BE!!!

Time Has a Way

We sat apon this weathered bench
Passing the time of day
Reflecting
Ruminating
Wondering.
Stretching the mind and calming our souls.

Feeling the ease, wrapped in the warmth of friendship.
Filled with heat and fire, tenderness and affection.

Numburrrrrrrrrrzzzzzzzzzz.....

i thunk......

that the man I fell in love with would someday
carry me off into the sunset.....

but he passionately said....
I think the nature of the earth
renders that dream impossible....

Orange.....# 2 in the Rainbow.....

Colors of Fall....
...And silly holidays...

YOU BRIGHTEN UP MY DAY

Quite Immensely

I must say!!!!