by Lesley | Oct 15, 2019 | Soul, Sound, Surrender, Uncategorized |
Like a bird who can’t enjoy flying but instead only pecks, eats and drinks, I race from one activity to the next. I end each day stretched out on the bed wanting nothing but sleep. But suddenly I awaken. I watch my movements fast and jerky, my...
by Lesley | Aug 15, 2018 | courage, Devotion, Surrender, Uncategorized |
Keep being me and choosing You even though it feels like the harder thing to do. In the end this choice of the Friend delivers the highest on the outer and within.
by Lesley | Aug 1, 2018 | Beloved, Sound, Surrender, Uncategorized |
The lizard limps down the middle of the dirt road. I stop the car, climb out, herd him to the side. He only perseveres back to the center, with a three-legged limp, right front leg held high. Heart screams, no, poor baby! He should be lifted on all fours...
by Lesley | Jun 27, 2018 | courage, love, Sound, Surrender, Uncategorized |
I used to think love blossomed in an edgy brilliance like those thistle flowers too prickly to touch and then surely eaten by night rabbits. But then the Beloved took my hand and flew me into a hurricane the cool blooming chaos of my dreams. All my worst...
by Lesley | Dec 13, 2017 | consciousness, food, Relationships, Soul, Spiritual concepts, Surrender |
Oh Cilantro, most benign of herbs, why do so many despise you? Even Rosemary, with her piney sharpness, doesn’t endure such scorn. And Thyme, with all his pungency, fields little grief. Meanwhile Sage, exuding bitterness, rarely invokes a...
