by Lesley | Nov 17, 2018 | Beloved, Devotion, Relationships, Surrender, Uncategorized |
In this house everything is new. Nowhere do I see remnants of the past. The bookshelf that once held legal dramas and murder mysteries, now holds only love poems. And that stove, that brewed witches’ stews of boiled stink-eyes and simmering regrets, now,...
by Lesley | Sep 18, 2018 | Beloved, courage, Creativity, Uncategorized |
These flash floods tear through and erode one’s homeland. They wash away the topsoil and leave in their wake gullies, ditches and silt. The first impulse— divert the flow off the land, renunciate it, so it won’t cause so much trouble! But then the Divine...
by Lesley | Feb 14, 2018 | Beloved, bliss, courage, Creativity, Devotion, eternity, Surrender, travel |
How would I ever get home if not for this road with all its potholes? Sometimes I scream in the dark when my headlights aren’t bright enough to light the way. Or when fog and icy rain lead me to follow random taillights into ditches and even over cliffs....
by Lesley | Jan 2, 2018 | Beloved, bliss, child, courage, gratitude, reincarnation, Soul |
I thumb through the photo album. There I am in at age six wearing a Sunday plaid suit. Defiant, I dart my tongue at the camera. In high school, a pudgy face and body from boarding school starch, I slouch in the Y of a tree. In college, tan, golden hair,...
by Lesley | Nov 8, 2017 | consciousness, courage, Creativity, Devotion, health, Sound, Surrender |
Give up hope, for better health for peace with your neighbor for a lasting relationship. Trade in those plastic poker chips for actual gold. Mind says, “No!” “If I lose hope I have nothing left in my pockets. “Without hope, the Grand Canyon...
