I've broken down, 
uncovered so much
Felt the pain of my deepest darkest scars and such

I've seen glimpses of the other side
That ensure me there are no more relevant reasons left to hide...
If only I could better negotiate with my adamant egos pride...

Lately I have been having this deep desire to help spread LOVE. Unconditional LOVE, the kind that infuses hope, cultivates connection and breeds compassion for all other living, breathing, feeling, existing beings that surround us.

This desire comes from opening my eyes to all that surrounds me and feeling the brokenness, hopelessness, fear, and frustration that has been overwhelming not just our society, but the entire elemental energies of all that is.

As the heat of the warm sunshiny rays reach my face
I feel the acheyness that has settled itself
between my bones and within my joints
dissipate into dust

Sometimes Monday's can be a drag. Especially when those said Monday's mean heading back for another fun filled week at work.  Wait...did I just say fun filled? (Know that sarcasm was used in the formulation of those words in my head) 

I don't know about you, but many Monday's make me feel sick to my stomach, or at least they did.  I would almost ruin my entire weekend worrying about how quickly Monday was going to return.  Sunday nights would be filled with:

• anxiety
• false fears finagled and projected into the near future
• sometimes stress eating (think brownie sundaes)
• occasionally a pair of red, watery, tear stained eyes

My pity parties were getting out of hand.  This was my life and crying about the current  predictable patterns in it were certainly not creating any kind of real relief.

So how else was I suppose to get it? 
How else could I be free of these feelings without eating them down or drowning them out?

Here are a few practices I started to integrate into my life which have helped immensely.

My minds mutterings signal soulful sputterings
Wordly wisdom through words benevolently begging to be heard
An undeniable urgency through this sacred spoken currency
Is anybody even there? Does anybody actually care?

From the time we are born, we are continuously taught rules, boundaries, limits, and certain ways in which to make sense or put together the massive amounts of information we are given and exposed to. We are given guidelines to follow, laws to obey, schedules to adhere to. All to help us fit in, and be most efficient in the Societies in which we partake.

In all this structure...

In all the fast paced haste we tend to operate in... We get sucked into Shoulds

A reminder of the nature and beauty of love.  Love is all you need.

Life holds lessons in everything we encounter.  Even all this snow and cold weather we have been getting this February.

Time..Money...and Presence...  A little bit on the insight I gained towards freedom.

Some words on the beauty and power that is balance.

Some words on how important it is for us to reflect and reboot as we begin the new adventures of this new year.

Fairness, a topic that can get us riled up when we find ourselves feeling like we're on the other side...

Here is a look into the insight I gained recently while in this uncomfortable and draining space.

When we take the time to look at the beauty of the nature around us....we start to gain wisdom and understanding on different aspects of life.