The Present

May you always remember that each day is a gift.

Energy

Please take 

RESPONSIBILITY

for the

ENERGY

you     bring    into 

THIS SPACE

~Jill Bolte Taylor                

         We've all felt it...the ENERGY that one person can bring into a room. It's contagious...it can be as wonderful as someone entering a room like a ray of sunshine and filling it with joy and laughter or worse yet, bringing it down with feelings of sorrow, anger and fear. 

         I have always admired individuals old and young who have the ability to be upbeat and positive...even in the face of adversity.  However, what I know for sure is that being positive is a conscious decision, a choice.

        Each one of us has the power within ourselves to choose the energy we bring into a room. It can be POSITIVE or NEGATIVE, and it requires only one simple task...making the decision to fill your mind with one or the other.

May you always be willing to take responsibility for the energy you bring.

Somebody I Used to Know

Who knew that 5 people could play the guitar at once?!

My Kids

They know me in a way no one ever has.
They open me to things I never knew existed. 

They drive me to insanity and push me to my depths.

They are the beat of my heart,

 the pulse of my veins, 

and the energy in my soul. 

They are my kids.

                                                                          ~anonymous

Sweet Nicole, Em-Azing, 
Tim-my-Favorite and Hannah my Heart. 
I am brought to my knees by the power of a mothers love...I am in awe by the blessings of four remarkably individual children who are  passionate, thoughtful and loving...raising you has stretched and exposed my heart to a plethora of emotions...and at the end of the day, when you lay your head on the pillow, I hope you go to sleep knowing that everything I do for you, comes solely from a place of love...my heart.
 

Sonnett XVII

I love you without knowing

how, or when, or from where.

I love you straightforwardly,

without complexities or pride;

so I love you because I know

no other way than this:

where i does not exist, not you.

so close, that your hand

on my chest is my hand.

so close that your eyes close

as i fall asleep.

SONNET XVII

Pablo Neruda

Risky Business

"To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
to reach for another is to risk involvement.
To expose your ideas, your dreams, before a crowd, is to risk their loss.
to love is to risk no being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To believe is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The people who risk nothing do nothing, have nothing, are nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.
Chained by their attitudes, they are slaves; they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is free."

~Poem quoted in "Dear Abby"

When you stop and think about it, what greater risk can you face than to look back on your life and realize that had you taken the risks at hand, you might have truly lived. Life is risky business, put yourself out there and live!

May you always be willing to take risks.

Exploring

wanderlust (n):

a strong desire for or

impulse to wander or

travel and explore the world.

“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.”
— Jack Kerouac (On the Road)

Wherever your journey may take you, may you always be willing to explore with open eyes.