Stars and Birds
6:02 pm It has been a lifelong struggle for me to go to bed early. By early, I mean at a normal hour of the evening… a 10 pm night is early for Ink. A 12 am evening is average, and a 1:45 am “evening” is far too common. What am I missing by sleeping later than most? Birds. I love birdsong. For a timespan of about 3-4 years, I couldn’t…
Things To Live By
Life pulls in all directions. Responsibilities, expectations, empathy, procrastination, and decisions often steal time from worthier pursuits. Here is a list of things that I do to navigate through the noise. Diluting = PollutingDon’t dilute yourself. Keep your purity. Keep your focus. Don’t ever confuse the Source with His resourceHe is the Source. Anything else is a resource
Our New Year
This is going to be a new year for us. Everything familiar will be left behind. This year will be unrecognizable from the years leading up to it. This year will be about movement. Change. Be prepared for it. “Prepare” was the theme for last year. This year is about it going into action. Move and use the power of your gifts. The nations will be clashing. Some people are…
Your Strength Is Your Delicacy
Your strength is in your delicacy. You are delicate like a flower. I hold you up through every storm because you are delicate. I love your beauty, your softness, your texture and scent. I love your intimate heart, your fragile thoughts, your tenderness. I love your slender petals, your spring-fresh stem. I value and treasure your wisps–your lines–your flair and style–your spunk. You continue to be delicately amazing in your…
I’m Being Crushed Again
Crushed /kruSHt/ – 1. deformed, pulverized, or forced inwards by compression. 2. feeling overwhelmingly disappointed or embarrassed I am being crushed bit by bit, not by world situations, pandemics, political pressures, or financial worries, but by the weight of all the lives I’m not living. Assumptions stir faith. I am assumed I’d be farther along on the journey of being me. I feel stifled by responsibilities and by the things I’ve…