there is something peacefully powerful about this season…with the brilliant external changing of the leaves. i have also found such power in consciously tapping into the reality of seasons in my own life, allowing the trees to inform the unfolding.
trees have always been great metaphors along my way…great teachers. i remember years ago sitting beneath the changing trees and gleaning such wisdom being in their midst in that moment…they did not seem to have to work hard to adjust to that season of rapid change…
there is ”work” throughout the changes of season: as whole systems work together and at times even appear to manifest “conflict”… but there is also a “rooted” trust in the unfolding and good order of the universe…some do cling to their leaves longer than others but seemingly maintain a posture of trust…as if the species seeks to survive, trust seems mandatory…there seems little option but to be present to what is.
thankful for slow days…
we had one yesterday and they are so very rare these days…and it is even more rare that i can slow down to enjoy them…my internal clock seems to be wound quite tight with the juggling act that life can be…
after our biking adventure…we were able to make some cards out on the deck and i was suddenly struck with an awareness…
that i have been glimpsing something that has been so rare for me… i had to find a piece to scrap paper to write it down… i was struck with the realization that i have had so much difficulty being present for so long… due in part to many variables…
my not knowing deep contentment, my not knowing how to welcome myself and all of my unfolding (extending grace to everyone but myself), and my perception of myself having not “arrived”, (in a nutshell not really liking myself)… i was struck in that moment that i was truly savoring myself and the present in the present…”not subconsciously pre-occupied with the thought that the green was bound to be greener somewhere else even in that moment”…
i know my interaction with this awareness will continue to eb and flow and that i certainly have not fully “arrived” (whatever that means) but somehow I am making peace with the unfolding…welcoming what arises…being mindful about not beating myself up for where i am in the present…and continuing to be gentle on myself.
thank you for those of you who have welcomed me on this journey as well… i am indeed very thankful for each of you.
as an expression of gratitude i would like to have a card give away…if you leave a comment on this post your name will be entered into a drawing to be drawn a week from today (9/25) for two blank cards out of my emerging collection… i would love to hear what you all are thankful for these days…
Filed under: self-portraiture experiment, student being, thirty days of thanksgiving, yoga
thankful for yoga…
it is such a grounding practice that has participated in my coming to peace with my being embodied, giving me courage to engage the world in new ways. it also simply reminds me to breath.
i resonated with parts of this podcast on speaking of faith (a conversation with seane corn)
thankful for waking up to art work like this…
on the mornings that jeremiah gets right to work with his creating…
like this morning when he arrived at our bedside and said “mom look what i made”!
thankful for this lady…
my sister.
so generous, creative, and beautiful.
molly saw that this drum caught jeremiah’s attention and it found its way home with us…a little belated birthday bonus.
this was outside of molly’s sale location for the month of september (jeremiah collaborated in the sandwich board creation with a picture of a lovely dress). somehow i didn’t get more pictures of her shop but here is a link i found to someone else’s blog that has some good ones of her magical vintage boutique called “narnia“
it was a bit of a whirlwind and i am looking forward to some good sleep tonight…but it was well worth the adventure.
the buckminster fuller exhibit was inspiring as anticipated…
thankful for the alien fairy bean…
this is our little selah bean…such a joy and a gift and always up for a good adventure…
jeremiah led the way as an alien (dressed in a green dragon costume), selah was an alien fairy (quite content to watch her big brother navigate us though space), and i wore the greenest outfit i could muster up.
we went up in a rocket ship (our tree house) and landed on and visited earth…we found some cool earth artifacts to bring back to our planet…some mushrooms, rocks, and various leaves…quite an adventure indeed…
we are off for more adventuring for the weekend to nyc to visit my amazing mover and shaker sister molly and to check out one of our favorite designer’s exhibits at the whitney museum: buckminster fuller, who is said to be “One of the great American visionaries of the twentieth century, R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) endeavored to see what he, a single individual, might do to benefit the largest segment of humanity while consuming the minimum of the earth’s resources. Doing “more with less” was Fuller’s credo. He described himself as a “comprehensive anticipatory design scientist,” setting forth to solve the escalating challenges that faced humanity before they became insurmountable.”
have a beautiful weekend…i will resume my thirty days upon my return on monday…
Filed under: adventuring, playing with photos, self-portraiture experiment, thirty days of thanksgiving
thankful that “it’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone
“…
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other
people won’t feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of
God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.”
—Marianne Williamson
thankful for looking at things from a new angle…
and for how a shift in perspective can suddenly allow the ”mundane” to inspire.
thankful for inventing…
and for the creations that may result, such as “a flinger”
for seeing potential in a small plastic spoon and ping pong ball.
for daring to vision
for daring to risk
for having the courage to fail
and for the amazing opportunity to co-create…
“It is our duty – as men and women – to behave as though limits to our ability do not exist. We are collaborators in creation of the Universe.”
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Filed under: poetry, self-portraiture experiment, thirty days of thanksgiving
thankful for the time being now…
Now is the time to know
That all that you do is sacred.
Now, why not consider
A lasting truce with yourself and God.
Now is the time to understand
That all your ideas of right and wrong
Were just a child’s training wheels
To be laid aside
When you finally live
With veracity
And love.
Hafiz is a divine envoy
Whom the Beloved
Has written a holy message upon.
My dear, please tell me,
Why do you still
Throw sticks at your heart
And God?
What is it in that sweet voice inside
That incites you to fear?
Now is the time for the world to know
That every thought and action is sacred.
This is the time for you to compute the impossibility
That there is anything
But Grace.
~ Hafiz
