by Lesley | Apr 22, 2015 | Beloved, bliss, courage, Creativity, eternity, journey, Soul, Sound, travel |
It calls as though from a great distance light years and galaxies away. It whispers, quiet as the rustle of a raven wing, “Come.” And when I listen yet more closely It explains how. Between thoughts arrives the map and a compass needle pointing Home. ...
by Lesley | Mar 25, 2015 | Beloved, courage, Creativity, Devotion, Relationships, Surrender |
“Your fidelity to love, that is all you need. No day can then match your strength.”—Hafiz I open the email from the Santa Fe District Court, and suddenly my heart starts pounding and my palms grow moist. As morning sun peeks into my office I read the summons to a...
by Lesley | Feb 18, 2015 | Beloved, Devotion, eternity, hiking, journey, love, Spiritual concepts, Surrender, travel |
Please enjoy this guest post by my friend Michael Hock. A Very Brief Guide for Travelers Out on an adventure, you ask for directions. Who do you ask, who believe? You’ve got the goal identified— maybe a hidden slot canyon, cut out from flat rock, secret, unknown, and...
by Lesley | Nov 19, 2014 | Devotion, materialsim, reincarnation, Soul, Surrender |
Oh crab with no permanent home you know truth that we inhabit shell after shell only as a means to our true identity. You shed your home so readily. As you grow you take up a new conch or snail abode. Only the Beloved can ease my grip on this temporary...
by Lesley | Oct 21, 2014 | courage, Devotion, hiking, journey, Surrender |
The trail I have trekked for countless lifetimes has washed away. The monsoon rain flooded and gushed through my inner canyon, dislodged heavy logs and gnarly brush obliterated all cairns all my carefully carved ways. Now I tread the streambed with You, hop from...
