Surrender to the Flow

Go It Alone

Those who would see

wonderful things

must often be ready

to travel alone.

~Henry Van Dyke

Right Now

This song just about perfectly sums it up right now...

Lesson Learned
Alicia Keys (feat. John Mayer)

He broke my heart
and now its raining
just to rub it in
i'm at your door
I feel so crazy about it
you'll say I told you so
you saw it long ago
you knew he had to go
I finally came around
i'm back on solid ground
cant let it get me down
its alright
its alright
its alright
its alright
its alright
its alright
its alright
yes I was burned, but I call it a Lesson Learned
mistake overturned, so I call it a lesson learned
my soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned
another lesson learned
sometimes
some lies can take a minute to fully realize
his tears
your eyes
you'll give him one more chance
just like the time before
but he already knows
you'll give 100 more
until that night in bed
you'll wake up in a sweat
you're racing to the door
can't take it anymore
I was burned but I call it a lesson learned
mistake overturned, so I call it a lesson learned
my soul had returned so I call it a lesson learned
another lesson learned
lifes perfect, it aint perfect you dont know what the struggles for
falling down aint fallin down if you don't cry when you hit the floor
it's called the past cause i'm gettin past
and I aint nothing like I was before.
you ought to see me now
yes I was burned, but I call it a lesson learned
mistake, I returned so I called it a lesson learned
my soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned
another lesson learned
wooooaaa

The Best Remedy

Hard Times
Require Furious Dancing

~Alice Walker

Roots

Today's Daily OM was especially meaningful for me...thought I would share...many people can probably relate to this.

May 25, 2009
The Start of Change
Breaking Family Cycles

It is easy to believe that in leaving our childhood homes and embarking upon the journey of adulthood, we have effectively removed ourselves from harmful and self-perpetuating familial patterns. In looking closely at ourselves, however, we may discover that our behaviors and beliefs are still those that were impressed upon us during our youth by our parents, grandparents, and the generations that preceded them. We may find ourselves unconsciously perpetuating cycles of the previous generations, such as fear of having enough, not showing affection, and secrecy patterns. Yet the transmission of negative patterns from one generation to the next is not inevitable. It is possible to become the endpoint at which negative family cycles that have thrived for generations are exhausted and can exert their influence no longer. Breaking the pattern is a matter of overcoming those values imprinted upon us long ago in order to replace them with pure love, tolerance, and conscious awarenes! s.

Even if you have struggled with the cumulative effects of family cycles that were an expression of established modes of living and a reflection of the strife your ancestors were forced to endure, you can still liberate yourself from the effects of your family history. The will to divest yourself of old, dark forms of familial energy and carry forth a new loving energy may come in the form of an epiphany. You may one day simply realize that certain aspects of your early life have negatively affected your health, happiness, and ability to evolve as an individual. Or you may find that in order to transcend long-standing patterns of limiting beliefs, irrational behavior, and emotional stiltedness, you have to question your values and earnestly examine how your family has impacted your personality. Only when you understand how family cycles have influenced you can you gain freedom from those cycles.

In order to truly change, you must give yourself permission to change. Breaking family patterns is in no way an act of defiance or betrayal. It is important that you trust yourself implicitly when determining the behaviors and beliefs that will help you overwrite the generation-based cyclical value system that limited your individual potential. Many people are on the earth at this time to break family cycles, for all of you are true pioneers. In breaking negative family cycles, you will discover that your ability to express your feelings and needs grows exponentially and that you will embark upon a journey toward greater well-being that can positively impact generations to come.

Letting Go

Release

afraid to move forward
hesitating in indecisiveness
back and forth
        back and forth
back and forth

until one morning
she wrapped herself
in purple silk
put roses in her hair
and shouted, "YES!"
to the sky

~Tara Maher

Liberation

There is a Rising

There is a Rising in the slate blue clouds above the Earth,
as they stack up against each other
        like the wounds I carry on my shoulders
        from the centuries of history to this moment.

There is a Rising in my blood
full of heat and righteous fury
        as the thought and dreams of my Ancestors
        course through me.

There is a New Way Rising
which is an Old Way being born again
        through the Hearts and Minds and Actions
        of Women who want to heal the World.

~excerpt - Amber Bijen Maywald

Laundromat

So I'm at the laundromat. Just another part of my new life. But it's not so bad...I feel independant; in control as is the ever twirling dryer...

What the World Needs

"If we are to reach real peace in this world
and if we are to carry on a real war against
war, we shall have to begin with children; an
if they will grow up in their natural innocence,
we won't have to struggle; we won't have to pass
fruitless idle resolutions, but we shall go from love
to love and peace to peace, until at last all the
corners of the world are covered with that
peace and love for which consciously or
unconsciously the whole world is hungering."

~Gandhi

New Toy

Okay, I am smitten with my new iPhone...it is so much cooler that I even could have imagined!

Beltane

Happy May Day!