An ode to a smile that rarely surfaces anymore. She came out and stayed a while during my recent #birthday 🎂 trip.Do you miss your smile?Self help: Go to a happy place, take/do something that makes you feel #joy, take a #selfie. Revisit selfie in humdrum moments. You’ll be transported. ☺️ Birthday joy 😊 AContinueContinue reading “I Missed My Smile: A Birthday Reel”
Tag Archives: cycle of life
Breathe. Release. Repeat.
There was a time when I held on to everyone and everything for dear life. Periods when life was defined by the people I craved relationship with, things I strove to acquire, and status I worked hard to achieve. All these were cultivated by family and societal culture. This current stage of transition and transformationContinueContinue reading “Breathe. Release. Repeat.”
Making a home in hostile places
In early November I returned to Arizona for a couple of days. On my drive from Phoenix to Tucson I had some revelatory moments. I share them here. There are no safe places. True peace is never of the world. I’m learning that my life has been about escaping all the ties that bind myContinueContinue reading “Making a home in hostile places”
Looking back to move forward
August is a month of reflection and celebration. All this year I’ve been looking back. Mostly at the history of America as it relates to descendents of the American slave trade, including legacy systems, and Black Women. I’ve returned to old homes and old jobs. I’ve committed to finishing unfinished work. Now my mind andContinueContinue reading “Looking back to move forward”
Poem: Everything & Nothing
Poem: Everything & Nothing
SONG & VERSE: You Give Good Love
During a conversation with a friend earlier today, manipulators and controllers became a topic. I call it a spirit of manipulation and control since I know people from every area of my life who have submitted to it. It’s a destructive spirit that has been prevalent in many people whose wills have collided with mine.
Film: SAMSARA
This week I saw an amazing collection of cinemagraphic photography set to a beautiful soundtrack of music from around the world in the film Samsara. Samsāra, literally meaning “continuous flow”, is the repeating cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth (reincarnation) within Hinduism, Buddhism, Bön, Jainism, Yoga and Sikhism. In popular use, Samsara may referContinueContinue reading “Film: SAMSARA”
My God and Me Book Promo – Life Cycle
Life Cycle
Out of the night of winter
Into the light of spring
Blossoming with so much greater
Life in summer
Even autumn offers hope
Cycling, cycling
Growing, growing
Through it all
Becoming
Harvest Life 