The Inhabitant

There are times when we may feel stuck. Ideas don’t flow. Direction is hard to map out or we may not know where to start. Doubt and uncertainty seep in during these times. This further leads us to spin our wheels. One strategy is to distract ourselves, but not in…

Dreams of a Future Granddaughter: A Poem — She longs to take me by the hand And learn And teach And play games And be at peace We will be hand in hand When I know nothing else I am certain in this In some peculiar way I cannot explain She is eager for me to wait A small…

Poetry — She peeled back the many layers Of her life Of her being Of her essence Traversing her history Reading her story as though it were another’s What did it tell her now That was different than before The more she read the story of her life The more details she…

Poetry — Soul dance with me Join me As my mind takes me To elsewhere places Wrought with thought Of what-ifs Of things that will never happen And fictitious fantasy I implore your compassion As I battle with thought And distraction And emotion And the stuff of life Don’t leave me now I…

An Introvert’s Thank You — He asked for a seat. In my discomfort I agreed. I mean there were seats elsewhere. Why here? But I obliged. The stranger pushed into my peaceful universe. And as I am peaceful, I did not want to be disagreeable. I wonder during these moments if I look particularly approachable…

Celebrate failure for in failing we know sweet success when it comes along. It is worthy of celebration because it has possibly saved us from further heartache, turmoil, or injury. If we were to sort through past failures and denials, we have succeeded perhaps not as we have imagined, but…

Poetry — Giving thanks for the storms For they water the ground And offer opportunity For things to spring alive A new opportunity To grow And thrive And be The storm’s thunder Is the drumbeat That sounds the alarm With grand entrance This sound Is the reflection Of the world’s heartbeat With…

A Lesson on Living Life Fully — Don’t delay taking that trip. Don’t wait to complete that activity. Don’t postpone that phone call. We should not delay those things the heart calls us to do. Don’t allow the undercurrent of resistance to win out. Reflect on those moments of achievement, great or small. How did it feel? …

Poetry — Pull up a chair Have a seat Take a cup A tall glass in fact And begin the pour We can take turns You and I And sip in equal measure Round for round From the bottle That is bottomless And where refills are free There is plenty to go around…