Pause
stillness awaits dawn. sleeping, as in a small moon. my dreams, tiny birds.
cocooning
cocooning (for those experiencing resistance to the world slowly ‘opening up’ again…and for those that don’t understand this resistance.) “I don’t ask for the sights in front of me to change, only the depth of my seeing.” …
Open-hearted Surgery
Open-Hearted Surgery This was not an elective procedure. Growing up, I collected rocks. Wet with color, my toes buried in the sticky clay of this water. the Red River ran strong and turbulent, held between the sweaty arms of Texas and the fierce solitude of Oklahoma. I now…
Grace, Grit, and Grounding
There are beautifully unexpected moments that arise out of self-forgiveness, asking the Egoic self to ‘step aside’…to give us a little elbow room. These transformational times continue. They are not new. We just happen to be alive at this point in history. And, as a whole, we’re pretty riled…
Digging in the dirt
“If you bring forth what is within you, it will heal you. And if you do not bring forth what is within you, it will destroy you.” -Gospel of Thomas I like to dig. Maybe it’s a Texan thing. I like to dig in dirt, rocks, water, ideas. I like…
The Cartography of the Heart
The Medicine Lies Within (the shadow speaks: And this is what I have come to hear in this conversation between one and oneself) as I understand it… there is a fire between us. the self. words slipping off my tongue like turpentine cause little explosions of white hot pain, of…
The Cartography of the Heart, part 2
1.) Bio-luminescence: living things that emit light. There is much conversation about self-love and how, exactly, to obtain this elusive and sacred state. There is also much conversation about self-sabotage/self-hatred—the ‘shadow’. The interplay of light and shadow is evident in all living things, be it shimmering on the earth’s surface,…
The Cartography of the Heart, Part 3
The Self: Strength, swords, and soul. “All my life I’ve tried to find the truth, and make it beautiful.” —Sting One day, you wake up and it’s hard to move. You feel a dull ache. A constriction in your body. The armor you wear during the day begins slipping over your…
The Cartography of the Heart, Part 4
Finding the truth and making it beautiful Allow the space between the words. Your life will deepen. I have written about ‘self-hatred’ as it is something that enters my office weekly…sometimes cloaked in depression or anxiety, sometimes in the form of a sword…ready for battle against the enemy. In other words—sometimes…