Everything in life has a purpose
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Monday, June 29, 2020
RITUALS
As I called a friend
to sing her Happy Birthday
I remembered why rituals are so important.
Rituals are like a thread.
They connect us to our past,
enrich our present,
and tie us to the future.
Rituals bring us together,
they help us celebrate
who we are,
what we believe,
where we come from,
and where we are heading
Rituals
remind us to gather with those we love,
those who are important,
those we have things in common with.
Rituals
tear down the walls that separate us
build bridges to unite us
and bring us peace.
Rituals
bring to the center
of our thinking
reminders of what is important
in our lives.
This is why we are intentional
about celebrating
rituals
to sing her Happy Birthday
I remembered why rituals are so important.
Rituals are like a thread.
They connect us to our past,
enrich our present,
and tie us to the future.
Rituals bring us together,
they help us celebrate
who we are,
what we believe,
where we come from,
and where we are heading
Rituals
remind us to gather with those we love,
those who are important,
those we have things in common with.
Rituals
tear down the walls that separate us
build bridges to unite us
and bring us peace.
Rituals
bring to the center
of our thinking
reminders of what is important
in our lives.
This is why we are intentional
about celebrating
rituals
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Friday, June 26, 2020
CELEBRATE THE MOMENT
Happiness,
like other feelings,
is a moment.
It is not a wave,
it is not a length of time,
it is not unending.
It is like a wave.
It comes,
we experience it,
and it is gone.
Then it comes again.
In that moment
we celebrate the way we feel.
We celebrate the
happiness,
the experience,
the situation, and
all that is.
It is that moment,
when the joy spreads through us
and fills us with that feeling
which only happiness can bring.
It is then that we sit and
celebrate the moment.
like other feelings,
is a moment.
It is not a wave,
it is not a length of time,
it is not unending.
It is like a wave.
It comes,
we experience it,
and it is gone.
Then it comes again.
In that moment
we celebrate the way we feel.
We celebrate the
happiness,
the experience,
the situation, and
all that is.
It is that moment,
when the joy spreads through us
and fills us with that feeling
which only happiness can bring.
It is then that we sit and
celebrate the moment.
Thursday, June 25, 2020
SONG OF THE WEEK
The love that I have for my Higher Power and for my wife and son is so mysterious and ever lasting. This song reminds me how humbled I am and the awesomeness of the love in my life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp-EO5I60KA&index=12&list=PLpFFxnnoAnXIOhQxzOZExQ8wDQ9QS925i
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Monday, June 22, 2020
LEARNING FROM DEATH
There is not a day that goes by
that something in our lives does not die.
Sometimes it is people,
or our furbabies,
a situation,
a relationship,
or a belief.
We may like to believe
that life and death are separate,
but they are like partners
in a a dance.
Death touches our lives
sometimes it cuts us
like a knife.
Other times there is
a complexity of feelings
like a bottle of wine.
Sometimes, we are grateful to let go,
but at the same time,
we feel the pain
which comes with the death.
In all of it we know,
that what it was existed,
for a season,
a purpose,
and taught us
what we needed to learn
before it left us.
In the midst of it all,
it taught us about
the mysteries of life,
love,
learning,
and death.
that something in our lives does not die.
Sometimes it is people,
or our furbabies,
a situation,
a relationship,
or a belief.
We may like to believe
that life and death are separate,
but they are like partners
in a a dance.
Death touches our lives
sometimes it cuts us
like a knife.
Other times there is
a complexity of feelings
like a bottle of wine.
Sometimes, we are grateful to let go,
but at the same time,
we feel the pain
which comes with the death.
In all of it we know,
that what it was existed,
for a season,
a purpose,
and taught us
what we needed to learn
before it left us.
In the midst of it all,
it taught us about
the mysteries of life,
love,
learning,
and death.
Sunday, June 21, 2020
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Friday, June 19, 2020
SOMETIMES
Sometimes I love being who I am
other times I wish I didn’t need to explain that
I am not black,
I am not white,
I am me.
I am the blend of those who came together in love
and created me.
Sometimes I am grateful
to have had my light skin,
and sometimes I hate it
because it leaves me feeling
and being told I do not belong
When I stand up for my blackness
I am no longer white enough.
When I come out as mixed,
I am not black enough
Sometimes I wish my skin
was just a shade darker.
so people could see my blackness.
But then I remember
I am perfect just as I am
and what matters most is
my pride in being biracial,
my remembering that I represent
what wholeness can look like
Sometimes I get tired of feeling
like the bridge that helps people understand
Then I realize this is my purpose
to be the bridge.
To be able to talk about
white privilege
racism,
colorism,
and all the other ways
we have come to distrust each other
and ourselves.
Sometimes I wish
I didn’t need to be a bridge,
but then I give thanks that I am
because bridges make it easier
for us to connect,
to cross divides
to move over walls
to find solutions
which could not be found
without the willingness
to use a bridge
Thursday, June 18, 2020
SONG OF THE WEEK
This week's song of the week is Native American Flute Music. I love listening to this when I need to relax and meditate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO01kemz1kY
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Monday, June 15, 2020
LIKE AN ANGEL
You’re an angel,
he said,
after I sat and listened
and really heard him.
We have probably all experienced
those who are like angels in our lives.
They are the ones who
hear us when nobody else can.
listen to us and share what
we truly need to hear,
or help us to see things
we could not see.
They are the ones who
just seem to show up
out of nowhere and ?
minister to us in ways
we cannot explain.
They are the human messengers
of the one who knows us
and what we need
when nobody else can
and then hears and answers our prayer
only as they can.
They fill our lives
with those who are
like angels in our lives.
he said,
after I sat and listened
and really heard him.
We have probably all experienced
those who are like angels in our lives.
They are the ones who
hear us when nobody else can.
listen to us and share what
we truly need to hear,
or help us to see things
we could not see.
They are the ones who
just seem to show up
out of nowhere and ?
minister to us in ways
we cannot explain.
They are the human messengers
of the one who knows us
and what we need
when nobody else can
and then hears and answers our prayer
only as they can.
They fill our lives
with those who are
like angels in our lives.
Sunday, June 14, 2020
Saturday, June 13, 2020
ON THE EDGE
There are days we all feel
as if we are on the edge.
There are those moments when we feel
as if we have done all we can.
Those moments when we feel as if
we cannot handle anything more.
While a song tells me
I should just stand,
the voice within me
says I have you.
Trust me.
Take one step towards me.
Hold on to me.
I won’t let you fall
And I do
and the edge moves
and my faith becomes stronger
and I make it rhrough
the very situation
which felt overwhelming,
crippling,
and left me feeling
on the edge.
as if we are on the edge.
There are those moments when we feel
as if we have done all we can.
Those moments when we feel as if
we cannot handle anything more.
While a song tells me
I should just stand,
the voice within me
says I have you.
Trust me.
Take one step towards me.
Hold on to me.
I won’t let you fall
And I do
and the edge moves
and my faith becomes stronger
and I make it rhrough
the very situation
which felt overwhelming,
crippling,
and left me feeling
on the edge.
Friday, June 12, 2020
Thursday, June 11, 2020
SONG OF THE WEEK
I love this song because it reminds tht any challenge I am going through in life makes me stronger https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Xn676-fLq7I&feature=emb_logo
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