by Lesley | Dec 31, 2022 | Blog, Devotion, gratitude |
Happy New Year, Thank you for subscribing to The Inner Adventure. As an appreciation for tuning in, I’m offering my brand new audiobook to the first 25 subscribers who respond to this message. If you’re interested, simply REPLY to this email, and I will...
by Lesley | Oct 26, 2022 | Devotion, Surrender |
A flash of tan dissolves into dark earth my dog friend gone, led astray by his nose seeking the scent of a rabbit. I call and call my fear bouncing off ponderosa trunks their sweet vanilla suddenly grown sour. “Lester, Lester come back!” But the forest stays silent—...
by Lesley | Jan 3, 2022 | courage, Devotion, gratitude |
I rowed this boat so darn hard, I must have broken a thousand oars on rocks and shallow depths, always trying, trying to get there to that shore of love, safety, and beauty. I rowed and rowed, flipped over and back up until my arms ached, my nose filled with...
by Lesley | Sep 28, 2021 | courage, Creativity, Devotion |
“Poor me,” the voice in my head says. “If it weren’t for this, my life would be easy. I could be free, happy, full of energy and love.” “Really?” I ask the voice one day. “I mean…you’ve had this refrain for so many years… ‘Poor me, if only…’ “And yet that situation...
by Lesley | Jul 28, 2021 | Beloved, Devotion |
This day, this moment, this is my Torah, my Bible, my Gita. The pain that clamps my heart the joy that makes me fly, these sacred lessons written on the invisible parchment of my days— they crucify me and resurrect me. They part the sea of my false being so my...
by Lesley | Jun 30, 2020 | Creativity, Devotion, Surrender, Uncategorized |
Why, my dear Sugar Snap when I have given you a stake to climb that is tall and straight leading directly to the higher worlds do you insist on attaching your tendrils, wrapping them tightly, around any old grass blade or tree root down below? Each day,...
