Namaste Knit

Dark

Touch of hand
Touch of heart
Touch of lips
In the dark

A dream it was
A dream it is
A stream of clarity
Through the dark
- penny relding

Wings....

For a friend.....

"You’re wings are not gone
Or clipped
Or withered

They are there
Whole
Beautiful
Amazing

You haven’t opened your eyes though
Fear hides them
Pain folds them

Stretch your hand out
To touch
Feel them there?"

    -Penny Relding

Change - run or crawl

"Change may open a door but a leisure walk through it is rarely involved.
You either run at full tilt with your fear nipping at your ankles or
crawl while the baggage of your thoughts weigh you down.
Regardless - you can and will make it through the door."

- Penny Relding

Wishes & Regrets

"...regrets are just wishes in a past tense and about as productive. Don't wish - dream it and do it. Don't regret - come to peace inside yourself and grow." - Penny Relding

Grace

"But is life full of grace
if you feel that you have no place?
But is life full of love
when there is not a single dove?

Life goes on
is all they say
someday soon you will play
Happiness goes on.

But is life full of loss
when you can loose it all in just one toss?
But is life full of the lost
who wonder about at a soulful cost.

Life goes on
is all they say
someday...someday
we'll all be gone."
        -unknow

I found one of my old journals today that had been in storage for a while. Very interesting to see where I was (mentally, emotionally, etc.) at that time. My earliest entry was from 1999. The quote above was from my journal. I don't know where it came from (tried googling but oddly that failed).

Mime dance

So, I admit it... I have a hard time communicating my feelings (aka 5th chakra issues). I have discovered lately that when dealing with one of my friends who happens to have the same issue, it's like we are dancing mimes. The only problem is that those invisible walls are actually there and it takes some fumbling around before finding each others boundaries. Now normal people would tell each other where those boundaries are but us crazy 5th chakra people just move around blindly till we slam head first into a wall. Sadly I think it comes with a fair amount of hurt feelings and misinterpretations. Note...taking a sledgehammer to the said invisible walls out of pure exasperation is NOT a brilliant idea (really!).

Ah,... Patience with oneself and other 5th chakra impaired individuals....

When I grow up....

I wonder when you actually “feel” grown up or “wise”. I think most of my moments are feeling like I just have soooooo much to learn. Maybe part of it is expectations.... When you are young, you feel like you have so much to learn but there is an expectation that your supposed to feel that way cause, ‘duh! you’re a kid’. When your an adult, it seems like the expectation is that you should have figured out ____ a long time ago. Wonder when the dividing line happens? Maybe it’s the same day that you realize the cashiers at the local store are calling you “ma’am” rather than “miss”.

Quotables

"There are two types of people in this world: those who want to get things done and those who don't want to make mistakes." - Anonymous

"When you think of limits, you create them." -Unknown

"In life, there are things that we work for and things that we wait for. The big mistake is waiting for things we haven't worked for." - Unknown

"When you meet a stranger, give them a smile. It may be the only sunshine they see all day." - Wilson Mizner

Courage and fear

"Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear.
The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all."

~Ambrose Redmoon

This quote really caught my attention as I was reading the Awaken to Joy blog.

Onward

A new year....

I don't really like new year's resolutions. I think it is best to live your best, your dreams, your goals every day if possible. Some days that's harder while others you can be present in the moment and life flows smoothly.