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Song I wrote some time ago....

Sun

The sun. a bright warm friend you notice her absence. You may want to follow when she leaves You may think I want to be with her forever in your sweet, simple mind basking joyfully in her rays. When…

Some of my favorite Mary Oliver poems

I have been a long time fan of Mary Oliver who recently passed away. I would like to share some of my favorite poems and thoughts on each with you today. I love this poem especially. I was written in…

The end.

"When the weight of the past leans against nothing, and the sky Is no more than remembered light, and the stories of cirrus And cumulus come to a close, and all the birds are suspended in flight, Not…

I need you to know....

I need you to know ------------------ ---------------- that the way you flay your heart open for the world is brave, that the way in which you refuse to be anything but soft, even when you feel like…

no matter how strong they seem.... no matter how brightly they shine.

When you’re the person who is always there for others ... you feel a lot. You have depths within you, an ocean for a heart, and you sometimes fall for people who are too afraid to swim. You give and…

Being hUman

You can meditate, exercise, eat “well”, practice self-compassion, do yoga, spend time with loved ones, love yourself, go to therapy, get outdoors, and repeat affirmations over and over, but what you…

Life is a beautiful mess

Remember: You cannot control the randomness of life, or any of its fickle flashes. Some mornings you will wake up to heaviness in your bones and you will breathe the hurt from your lungs. On other da…

...more to life

There is more to life than the person who walked away from you. There is more to life than chasing after someone who does not want to be in yours. Trust me when I say — there is more to life. There i…