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Category: Musings

  • Courage

    Limited by walls, Anxiety closes in, Courage’s door calls. Sometimes the simplest things require the most courage.  How often do we allow ourselves to be contained by walls of fear?  Fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of facing our weaknesses, so many fears build our walls and keep us in the dark. Often times we…

  • Am I Ordinary?

    I am as I seem, Mundane, but for one instant Extraordinary. How often do we just feel ordinary,  that there is really nothing to special about ourselves?  That we are just  average, okay, proficient, middle of the road, in other words…ordinary.  We have been told that we are unique and special, but how often do…

  • Judgement

    Disdainful hubris, Too cowardly to ask why, Corrupted caring. Judging other people.  Unfortunately we have all fallen prey to this at some point in our lives.  We judge people and situations based on many factors but usually a lack of understanding of an entire situation is at the heart of the matter.  How many times…

  • Quiet

    Turn down the volume, The distractions disappear, Finally I hear my thoughts. With our wonderful Spring weather I find myself spending as much time outside just soaking up the sun and the warmth.  With this time I am finding an unexpected gift, the gift of Quiet.  No cell phone, no radio, no TV…just Quiet.   I hear many things that…

  • Renewal

    Hibernation done, Sunlight saturates our cells, Renewal begins. We have been experiencing an extraordinary spring this year.  Spring has come early and the weather has been spectacular.  All the flowers and the people have been coming out of their winter hibernation to enjoy the warmth and the sun.  What a feeling that is, stepping outside…

  • My Layers

    Weathered and flaking, Bits of self falling away, Character revealed. I feel so much like how this tree looks.  Weathered, flaking, cracked and peeling but also beautiful in an interesting way.  As much as I would sometimes love to wish away the visible signs of aging, I would also want to keep the laugh lines…

  • Simplicity

    Stripped of all clothing, Beautiful simplicity, Nothing more needed. Another one of my forest preserve finds this winter.  I just found something beautiful in this homely little plant.  Completely stripped of its leaves, blooms, anything decorative…yet it stunned me with its simplistic elegance.  By removing everything else, symmetry and balance become things of beauty.  This simplicity…