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Tranquility

June 20, 2012
Frustrations fade as

eyes grow soft, vision expands,

Tranquility dawns.

How wonderful is that moment when you first feel tranquility stealing over you. That fleeting moment when the jaw relaxes, the shoulders drop and the eyes soften. It seems that those moments are so rare and precious in our busy lives that often times we lose the ability to truly appreciate them when they appear. How wonderful would it be if we were able to give ourselves a daily gift of tranquility! Perhaps over a cup of coffee in the morning before our day gets ahold of us. Or perhaps in the evening, as twilight dims her light on the stresses of the day. Enjoy your gift to yourself!
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Solitary

June 12, 2012
A single blossom

Surrounded yet set apart

Self-companionship.

Our society does not seem to value the ability to be alone. We are constantly inundated with the idea that we must always be with someone, either romantically, socially or even in the workplace. That being alone is a negative state that should be avoided whenever possible. How unfortunate that we are not supposed to be comfortable with the idea of keeping ourselves company, of learning to enjoy our own thoughts, ideas and feelings without the distractions of others. Many times, we are in the best company when we are by ourselves.
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Growth

June 6, 2012
Small leaves reaching out

New sprout from unlikely place

Growth makes a difference.

Sometimes we grow in unexpected ways. Do we really know what are our strengths and weaknesses? Should we be expected to know everything about ourselves or are we allowed to be surprised when we discover that we’ve grown and changed in an accidental way? It seems that part of the allure of self-exploration is finding areas of yourself that have previously been unnoticed. Like this leaf sprouting from its unlikely spot, how have you grown in an unexpected way?
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My Shell

May 25, 2012
Twisted up tightly,

Unsure and out of my element

Unrecognizable.

It is disconcerting to discover that you hide to protect yourself. We sometimes find ourselves in situations where we just do not feel like a “fit”. It might be social situations, it could be work, hopefully it isn’t at home. The realization that the people around you have no interest in looking beyond their opinions, views or agendas. It doesn’t matter who you really are, or who you have grown to be, they will only see the person they have conjured up. Guilty of having judged others, I receive a good lesson when judged unfairly. I curl up into my shell and try to shut out the hurt. I want to reach out into the light and move along my life. Perhaps when the danger has passed, I will feel safe enough.
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Beneath a Tree

May 24, 2012
Sit beneath a tree,

Listen to the wind whisper,

Sharing it’s secrets.

How wonderful it is to just sit beneath a tree and exist. To feel the sun and shade on your face, to listen to the wind, to feel the grass beneath you and the bark of the tree at your back. No worries, no intrusions, no schedules and no tasks, except to simply breathe and be.
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Trapped

May 15, 2012
Unable to see,

The trap’s escape eludes me.

Dreams of flight remain.

Having a dream, but being unable to see the way to achieving it is a true trap of the self. Frequently we have a dream but end up so frustrated because we cannot see any way to get out of our present situation and work towards our goal. Our jobs, our lives, our responsibilities or our limitations as we see them all make up our self-trap. Instead of staring straight at the part that holds us back, perhaps we should try taking a hard look all around us and find the way to fly towards our dreams. To look at the ways we CAN, instead of all the ways we CANNOT is the secret to our escaping the self trap.
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A Gardener’s Efforts

May 9, 2012
One beautiful bloom

Carrying all of the love

of a parent’s heart.

Who has the harder task, the gardener or the flower? Few would deny that being a parent is hard work. But perhaps being the child is just as difficult. One side is trying to learn about the world, while the other side is trying to protect and nuture them in that world. The flower sees the sun and reaches towards it. The gardener worries about water and weeds. Does the flower appreciate the gardener’s efforts or does it just find them frustrating? Does the gardener lose sight of the bloom’s beauty due to the exhaustion from nourishing it? Do not forget to appreciate the effort that went into your own “blooming”!
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Joy

May 2, 2012
It wells from inside,

unbidden and unconstrained,

Joy shouts loud and clear.

Sometimes it might seem that joy is either difficult to find or even completely absent from our lives. Our society would have us believe that joy and happiness are only present when we have new things, expensive things, are madly and freshly in love, or have claimed fame and power. But joy lives within and all around us, if we allow ourselves to look. This beautiful bank of tulips, an early present from a capricious spring is just a small example of the luxuries that fill our lives. By recognizing and then removing society’s blinders, it becomes easier to see our joy.
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Surrounding Us

April 28, 2012
Life, joy and beauty,

Sometimes where least expected,

Always surround us.

The busy lives we lead do not always leave much room for appreciating what lies all around us. It becomes doubly hard when, in addition to being busy, we are tired, stressed and always feeling like we are three steps behind where we think we should be. What if we tried to take regular “beauty breaks” as a way to counter what sometimes seems to be an overwhelming amount of negativity in our lives? Take the time to appreciate the positive that surrounds us every day.
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Opening to Possibilities

April 24, 2012
Open to the world,

Reach inwards and then upwards,

Letting self shine forth.

How many times have we thought that something was absolutely impossible for us to achieve? Or we have talked ourselves out of something before even giving it a try. I have been guilty of this for quite some time, have told myself that striving for my dream was too hard, impractical, not the right time, etc., etc., etc. Does this sound familiar? Opening ourselves up to believe that we can achieve a dream is a very tough step to take, but is the crucial first step. Even baby steps forward are self-actualization. Imagine what we can accomplish if we are willing to remove our self-barriers!

What do you want to achieve?
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