by Lesley | Mar 4, 2025 | Beloved, bliss, Creativity, Devotion |
The world seems to be crumbling alliances disappearing the few grabbing power the many paying the price with their sweat and blood. Mind yells, “Charge into the fray, change it all, protect freedom!” Soul knows differently. It sees the true dictator within. Stoking...
by Lesley | Sep 4, 2023 | Beloved, Devotion, gratitude, Surrender |
The gift has been given and only awaits its unwrapping. Each momentary miracle, like when that precious blue jay lands in my mind and then appears in the fountain. When I envision my dream house and realize I already live in it. When my lover becomes my very self. Its...
by Lesley | Apr 5, 2023 | Beloved, Surrender |
It is enough to simply walk the dog on a spring morning when ice cracks beneath your feet and the sun blazes through broken clouds. It’s enough to sit and eat your breakfast, the oats and banana sweet on your tongue. No need for the mind to churn, trying to create...
by Lesley | Jul 13, 2022 | Creativity, Soul |
I plant the seeds carefully using rich soil and compost— tomatoes, beets, radishes, tatsoi, arugula, cucumber and patty pan squash. Then I wait. Soon the tiny seedlings appear. They push up through the soil, a miracle of fragile green! Every morning I go out, check...
by Lesley | Jun 7, 2022 | consciousness, Soul, Surrender |
You dreamed of houses: A hacienda surrounded by a verdant ranch, An airy sanctuary perched on a hill, A wooden shack floating away in a river. In the dreams the house was your life. All activity centered around it— you mended stucco, planted lilacs, repaired a...
