“In these moments I felt innocent and wild, privy to secrets and gifts exchanged only in nature. I was the tree, split open by change. I was the flood, bursting through grief. I was the rainbow at night, dancing in darkness. Hands on the earth, I closed my eyes and remembered where the source of… Continue Reading
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Losing Your North
Have you ever had one of those moments when you feel like you’ve lost your north? You know, when everything that once made sense just doesn’t anymore. It seems like you’re suddenly adrift, wondering if a weird cosmic wobble caused all the planets to go retrograde, or somehow you slipped into a pointless alternate reality…. Continue Reading
Be loud about the things that matter – Fierce Friday!
”Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. What matters to you? What do you love, respect, believe in so fiercely that being silent about it diminishes your life? For me, it’s the Earth, especially our relationship with her. It took me a while,… Continue Reading
Claim your life! – Fierce Friday
“You need to claim the events of your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all that you have been and done, which may take some time, you are fierce with reality.” Florida Scott Maxwell Fierce with Reality = Fiercely Present = Fiercely Empowered Do you claim your entire life? The wise,… Continue Reading
Looking past the obscuring obvious – Fierce Friday!
“My continuing passion is to part a curtain, that invisible shadow that falls between people – the veil of indifference to each other’s presence, each other’s wonder, each other’s human plight.” Eudora Welty Do you take the time to be passionately, fiercely curious about the people and other beings around you — even… Continue Reading
What would a hawk do? ~ Fierce Friday!
Imagine for a moment that you are this fierce, beautiful, agile hawk. Really. Take a breath and imagine your arms are wings…your eyes are sharp…your feathers catch air and curve you gracefully over the land where you live… What would you reach for, if you could see the biggest picture possible? Be inspired… Continue Reading