For Simple Things...

My eyes are clear. My heart is full.

I have sunshine on my shoulders,

and a hand that holds mine.

For these simple things, I am grateful.

Happy Thanksgiving friends.

 

“For each new morning with its light, for rest and shelter of the night, for health and food, for love and friends, for everything thy goodness sends. I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.” 

–      Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Secret of Sweet Dreams...

The truest words of summer...

first penned by author Barbara Kingsolver

and since adapted by me. 

Life has been sweet lately indeed.

Filled with barbecues and bikes rides,

weddings and babies,

 workplace accolades and personal milestones - 

the type of milestones reached by pure and honest sticktoitness and discipline.

The sweetness of summer has elicited flexibility, 

the kind that develops solely from a little more life experience, 

a couple more years tucked under our belts...

what a magical thing to finally understand. 

But often, it is the not-so-gentle or subtle reminders that make life so.

It's a toggle. A balance. 

The sweet also comes from the reassuring shoulder squeeze,

the encouraging coaxing, 

and the simple reminder for friends that although we are not invincible,

we love and we support, and in doing so,

we are loved and supported. 

Wishing you all continued and renewed sweetness in the second half of summer.

xo

If I Had My Life to Live Over...

I am long overdue to give some attention to Big Moon.

It's been quite busy in my world as of late.

With what - I couldn't tell you. 

It's been this and that, and hither and thither,

 and it seems lately, that any time I sit down to put thoughts to paper, well...

I'd just assume go for a run or curl up on the couch, or get laundry done instead. 

Wild times here in my world, I know. 

Simple is good. Routine is comforting. 

But goodness.

I am feeling the itch for a big adventure.

A challenge for both body and spirit. 

I leave you with wise thoughts from Nadine Star.

Here's to swimming more rivers, and eating more ice cream. 

Speak soon, friends.

xo

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Promise Yourself

My sister introduced me to the cheerful words of Christian D. Larson.

I've shared a snippet of one of his pieces below.

Isn't that something? 

I think so. 

Because the whole world truly IS on your side.

Get out there and absolutely ace your day tomorrow, friends! 

And when the last email is sent, 

and the final conference call had, 

you can reward yourself with the beauty of the changing night sky. 

xo

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"To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words but great deeds.

To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you.” 

- Christian D. Larson- 

Rise Free

It's been a while since last I posted.
For that, forgive me.
I've got thunder in my heart, and I'm heading north
where the mountains will echo my triumphant shrieks of glee.
And so, in the meantime,
I leave you with a simple thought for Thursday.
Be well, my friends, and do as Thoreau says.

"Rise free from care before the dawn, and seek adventures."

-Henry David Thoreau- 

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A Thought. For Tuesday.

 "Don’t listen to anyone. 

Trust what gives you pleasure. 

Trust the emotions. 

If you love something but can’t explain why, that’s enough."

 -Calice Becker

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So very, very true. 

There are forces so much mightier in our hearts

than we may be aware of at first feel. 

Sometimes what is right... can't be articulated.

Happy Tuesday, my friends.

xo

First Day of Summer

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, 

just as things grow in fast movies, 

I had that familiar conviction 

that life was beginning over again with the summer.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald,  The Great Gatsby 

Kennedy Family, August 1963 

Happy First Day of Summer, friends!

Wishing you beach breezes, 

warm nights spent under the stars,

campfires and s'mores and firefly catching. 

Speak soon.

xo

A Letter, on Love

And don't worry about losing. 

If it is right, it happens -- 

The main thing is not to hurry. 

Nothing good gets away.

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John Steinbeck

a letter to his son, Thom
November 1958

Settling Waters

Let the waters settle. 

You will see stars and moon mirrored in your being.

-Rumi-

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A Quote. For Tuesday.

"Don’t listen to anyone.

Trust what gives you pleasure.

Trust the emotions.

 If you love something but can’t explain why, that’s enough."

~ Calice Becker ~

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A Thought for Thursday

Leaving you with this

Thursday thought friends...

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Plain, and simply,

I love this.

xo