Category: Nature/Seasons

Catharsis of Love

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7/28/17

When clouds are
dark and heavy
and begin to block
your view,
do they not
then release –
sheets of rain
pouring down,
is there then
not a clearing
of the skies
as light returns,
with a lightness
in the air,
does it not
lighten up
your mood?

After this catharsis
of the air
being cleansed,
do not birds return
with vigor
as they flit
and fly about –
the sun beams
break through
mistiness that
water brings –
do you not
feel lifted up
to see the sun
shining again?

What is a cathartic
moment
that can lift
you up –
it may be crying,
it may be laughter,
is it not something
that bursts through –
like a rain cloud
that cannot hold on
to the rain any more –
does it not
feel good
to release
what you no longer
need to hold?

Might you find
beams of Joy
in any moment
big or small,
when something
touches your heart,
might it burst open,
allowing you
to let go of
what you hold
and what builds up –
does not release
let the Catharsis
of Love begin?

How can you lighten
up your load –
when feeling heaviness,
how might you
let go –
does not light
pour in
following a darkened storm,
is that not often
the most beautiful
time of day?

There is always Light,
yes, sometimes blocked
by the clouds –
but is not the sun
always waiting
to appear –
as the Light
within You
is always ready
to shine through
whatever passes by,
whatever blocks
your view –
is not the view
even brighter
when your Light
comes shining through?

Can you let
the Light of Love
break through
any clouds
that surround you?
Be it laugher
or through tears,
when you touch
your heart –
does it not
beam with the
Essence of Love
That Is You –
breaking through
all barriers
with the Light
and Love
of You?

You Are Light.
You Are Love.
Lifted in Love
You Are –
a Beautiful Light.

Shine through.
Shine on.
Shine Your Love.

Circulate Love

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7/22/17

When the air
feels close,
stagnant,
still,
do you not
open the windows
and let fresh
air come in –
do you not
open doors,
turn fans on
to move
the air –
is not air
meant to
circulate
to be
in the flow?

Do you not
seek flow
in the air,
do you not say,
“I need some
fresh air” –
when clearing
your mind,
needing a change –
does movement
not bring
perspective,
a different way
to look –
do you not
need to open
a window
to let fresh air
come in?

Might you try
something different
that you would
not normally do –
go to different places,
experience something new,
might nature
be like an
open window,
fresh perspectives
can be viewed –
when you put
your feet on
the ground
and feel the
breeze blowing
around you?

There is an
energy to Flow,
that energy
is Love –
when you open
up the window
to your soul
can you feel
it, too?

Can you let Love
come pouring in
and let it
dance around
the room –
chasing away
the stagnant air
that makes you
feel separate
or alone –
the Flow of Love
is always moving,
always ready
to fill in,
any cracks that
need healing
and filling you up
with All That Is.

You Are Love
circulating,
You Are Everywhere.
Flow with Love.
Be with Love.
Let Love
breathe You.

Every breath.
There You Are!
There Is Love.

Light of Love

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7/12/17

A moonbeam
of light
is enough
to cut through
the night,
to illuminate
what you
need to see,
so you won’t
stumble in
the dark –
when it is dark,
it does not
take much
light to see.

Is that not why
the moon’s shine
is so bright
against a sky,
though peppered
with stars,
the inky black
is the perfect
backdrop
for the moon
to shine
and glow –
casting moonbeams
to lighten
a path
for whoever
needs light
to find their way.

Is darkness
not a contrast,
a perfect
compliment
to the light –
does not
the moonbeam appear
even brighter
than the sun,
does it not
catch your attention,
does it not
highlight
what you are
to see?

It may only take
a single beam
of Light,
to light
your way –
has not light
filtered in
before
to shine
the way
for you?

Might you
turn up
your own Light –
might someone
need a single
beam,
to keep
from stumbling
in the dark –
even if they
do not know
where
the beam of
Light
is coming from?

If a single moonbeam
from the moon,
so far away,
can shine on
You –
can your Light
not cut through
the dark,
to reach
whoever may need
some Light –
you need not
know
where it lands –
can you shine
your Light
as freely
as the moon?

Be a Light
for Love
that cuts through
the dark,
illuminating
what you need
to see,
so you will not stumble,
you will not fall –
it only takes
a drop of Light
to see
and find
your way.

Shine your
Light of Love.
Let your Light
illuminate
your path.
May you shine
and glow
in the
Light of Love –
far reaching,
always shining,
Love.

Seeds of Love

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7/02/17

One little
tiny seed
from a tree
drops into
the ground below,
buried in
life-giving soil,
with water
and light,
does it not
grow –
to begin
so small,
to grow
so big,
does not
the seed
have all
it needs
to become
a majestic tree?

One little
drop of Love
from
All That Is
begins
on the earth –
starting tiny,
ever-growing
with water
and food
do you not grow –
to begin
so small,
to grow
with Love,
do you not
have all
you need
to realize
the majestic,
beautiful You?

Can you continue
this loving cycle,
dropping Love
wherever you go –
might it be
needed
all around you –
does not Love
help all to grow?

With a loving heart
can you cultivate,
spreading Love
wherever you go –
are you not
like the tree –
with roots in
the ground,
reaching up
to the sky –
the physical you
with the
Essence of Love?

Does it not take
one drop of Love,
a tiny seed
to begin to grow –
watch Love
take root,
watch Love
persevere –
with Love
there is always,
always Hope.

Add to Hope
one drop of Love,
watch it build,
watch it grow –
With Love
is not all
possible –
with Love
is there not
always Hope?

One little
tiny seed
of Love
is all
it takes
to Know,
to Be,
to realize
how majestic
You Are –
as You Are
Beautiful
Love.

All One

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6/29/17

There is a pulse,
there is a beat,
as the waves
from the ocean
wash up
upon the shore,
flowing over the sand
before receding
back into the
ocean –
only to do it
once again,
and again,
and again.

And from your
perspective
on the sand –
you do not think,
or feel sad,
when the waves
recede into
the ocean,
that they are
gone forever –
are they not
part of the
ocean
that is so vast,
so full of water –
will it not
continue sending
wave after wave
to wash upon
the shore –
with a rhythm
and a beat
that soothes
the soul?

Is there not
a collective sound,
when the waves
from the ocean
come together
in unison,
to spill over
on the sand –
do not some
drops of the ocean
get absorbed
into the sand –
while the
other drops
of water
get carried back
out into
the sea?

There is a
continuous flow
to the water,
to the ocean,
are you not
amazed
by the rhythm,
by the sound,
by the continuous
Force of Nature
that seems so
constant in
its presence –
yet ever-changing
with each wave,
with each drop of
water –
do you not
understand vastness
when you experience
the ocean?

There is a pulse,
there is a beat
of Love
that you
are part of,
much like
the ocean –
you are constant,
you are changing –
does it all
not depend
on where your
perspective is?

Are you standing
on the shore –
thinking Love
may come
and go –
with fear
and doubt
that it is
only temporary
in its scope?

Or do you see
that You Are
each drop
of water
in the ocean –
moving from
here to there,
but always
a part
of the Whole –
you cannot
separate a drop
of water from
the ocean –
does it not
always find
its way
back Home?

You cannot
be separate
from the Love
That You Are,
part of a
continuous flow –
You Are
a Force of Nature,
Love is constant
in its presence,
yet ever-changing
as you experience
the Love that
flows though You –
will you not
always find
your way
Home
through Love?

Be amazed
That You Are
as vast as
the ocean,
as powerful
as each wave,
as Loved
as each drop
of water
in the ocean.

All One.
You Are All.
You Are One.
You Are Love.

Growth

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6/27/17

Growth
is always happening,
though it may
be hard to see –
you may look
back,
to see the
changes,
to make sure
that you
have grown –
but we say,
enjoy the Journey,
whether it feels
slow,
or moves
so fast.

Does not the
development
of a butterfly,
happen in
the chrysalis,
in the quiet,
out of sight,
with no awareness
of what is
to come,
to the butterfly,
with its new birth,
it does not need
to know each change –
there is Faith
that change
will happen,
and Trust in
the process,
that growth
will come.

Is there not purpose,
to assimilation,
to letting all
you absorb
reach You –
through your body,
mind
and spirit,
there are many
aspects to You –
can you not
have growth
on many levels –
as you soak up
what is new?

As you emerge
from your
chrysalis –
and stretch
your wings
so you may fly –
you may not
remember,
where you came from,
but you know
where you are
now –
have not all
of your experiences
brought you
to this moment
now?

Be patient
in the growing,
in the changing
that takes place –
are you not
evolving
on this Journey,
as you find
your way
back to You –
are you not
evolving
to remember
what it is,
What You Are Now –
are you not
stripping away
the layers
to emerge
as You Are Love?

Begin.
Evolve.
Remember.
Love.
You Are That.
You Are Love.
Fly.

Balance of Love

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6/21/17

The longest day,
the darkest night.

And as spring
moves into summer,
has it not
slowly inched its way
blending into
the longest day –
as light
pushes back
the night?

Has not the moon
disappeared
from the night,
letting the stars
shine brightly
against the
inky sky,
patiently waiting
for the sun
to hand off
to their light?

Is there not
a balance,
a cycle
that moves –
a new beginning
an ending that follows –
when they blend
into each other,
is there not
a continuum
with no beginning
and with no end?

Is not the most
magical time of a day –
when the night
gives way
to the morning –
when darkness
slowly begins
to wake up –
when light
stretches out
to touch the sky?

And is not the most
magical time of a day –
when the light
recedes to the
twilight of darkness –
when the wood thrush
sings the last notes
of his song –
to let you know
it now is night?

And in another
part of the world –
is there not
the longest night
and the shortest day?

There is an
ebb and flow
as life cycles
all around you,
but do not
beginnings blend
into perceived endings –
only to begin again?

Can you move
with these cycles –
wiping slates clean
to begin again –
is not every moment
a chance to create –
to begin
or end
anew?

Where do you begin –
where do you end?
Is there not
a blending,
a balance to You –
is it not
a magical time
to experience life
with the Truth
of Who You Are?

Do you not stretch
across day or night –
do you not exist
with both sun
and moon –
does not the Love
that makes up You,
cross all boundaries,
all seasons,
and is beyond all time?

The magic
that exists
throughout it all
Is Love –
and You Are That.

By day or night,
by light or dark,
There Is You,
There Is Love.

Infinite,
continuous,
Love.

Shining Light

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6/19/17

Sky.
Clouds.
Mountains.
Light.

Do they not
form a mosaic
of images –
shifting
as the light
reflects off
the clouds
in the sky,
sweeping shadows
across mountains –
a seemingly
choreographed display
that changes
with the light?

Does not
morning,
afternoon,
evening
light
change your
perspective
of how you
see outside?

Do you not see
varying perspectives
even different textures –
depending on
how much light
is shining
and what is it
reflecting on?

Yes, is not light
a great illuminator –
can it not
chase shadows away –
might you
gain perspective,
a different view
when you shine
and look
with light?

There are many ways
to look around,
to notice what
catches your eye,
can you turn up
your Light
to illuminate,
to see what reflects
back to you,
to gain perspective,
to see with
new eyes –
might it help
to shine
your Light?

Might you see
a mosaic
of images –
shifting as
your Light
reflects off
what you see –
might you
be aware
of other Lights
shining,
might your Light
bring more Light?

Your light can help
illuminate the shadows,
to bring clarity
to what is
hard to see –
is it not Love
that turns up
the Light –
can you change
the landscape
by shining
your Light?

Do not be afraid
of the darkness –
it only is
the absence of Light –
turn up the
Light and Love
That You Are –
does not Light
change your perspective
of what is
reflected off You?

The Source
of Light
is Love –
as You Are Love,
You Are Light.

Shine.
Reflect.
Turn it up.
Shine on,
dear Light,
Shine.

With Loving Eyes

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6/11/17

Are there not times
when you take stock,
take a look around –
it may be a garden,
or landscaping,
a single tree,
or bush that blooms,
that catches your eye –
do you not
enjoy seeing
what grows
around you?

Do you not marvel
at how big
things have grown –
have they not expanded,
they may be
growing out of
their space –
you may need
to trim,
or prune,
or relocate
to a better place
so that growth
can flourish
once again.

When you take time
to look around
at your surroundings
that you see everyday –
are there not
things that you
overlook,
until one day
you are ready to see?
There might be
repairs that need
tending to,
or things to put away,
a pile here,
a stack there,
that do not
draw your
attention until
they do.

Are there not times
when you take stock,
take a look around –
at what is inside,
it may be your
purpose,
your growth,
or adjustments
you would like to make –
are there not
things that
draw your attention,
that you have
not been able to see?

When you look
with fresh eyes,
with loving eyes
that wish to see,
might there be
an adjustment here,
some sprucing there –
but can you survey
the Whole of You,
the perfection of You –
as you look beyond
what is on the
surface
and dive deep
to the Truth of You –
are you not
a magnificent garden
growing full
and full of Love?

When you take stock,
take a look around –
can you close
the eyes that judge
and see with
all your heart,
with loving eyes,
that see the Whole –
can you not
marvel at
the beauty and
the growth of You?

Yes, stop at times
to survey
the beauty
and the growth –
with loving eyes,
can you see
the Love
That Is You?

Flourish in the garden
of the Love That You Are.
Growing.
Expanding.
Seeing with the
Eyes of Love.

What a marvel.
What perfection.
That Is You!

Seeds of Love

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6/07/16

Trees drop seeds,
do not saplings
keep springing up –
even as you try
to clear them out?
Any garden
that you plant,
are there not
other plants
and weeds
that continue to
pop up –
the soil is fertile
and do you not water,
making the
perfect conditions
to grow?

Any field that
is cleared –
will not stay
clear for long –
does not
Mother Nature
keep growing,
keep returning
to her natural state
of beauty –
which is to create,
to grow,
to begin again?

Yes, even as
you cut back
a bush
or plant –
do you not
see how
new growth
cannot wait
to begin?

You –
as human,
as a soul,
are wired
to evolve,
to grow,
You Are
Masters of Creation –
what do you
add to your soil
to enrich
your experience,
what do you need –
how does
your garden grow?

Yes, as you
take care
of your body –
(does it not
walk you
through this
experience?)
does your soul
not rejoice
when you
express yourself
as Love –
can you not
drop Seeds of Love
wherever you go?

Is there not
growth in
every moment
that you
cultivate Love –
is not Love
the driving force
that helps
you grow
and develop –
is Love not
the nutrient
you need –
that helps
all parts
of you to grow?

Tend to your
garden,
your center,
your soul –
work Love
in all of
your experiences,
let Love
be the Light
that shines,
bringing life
to all you do –
are you not
a master gardener –
do you not
know what to do –
might you be
the Light
and Love
That You Are?

Let the garden
of your Be-ing,
grow rich
and full of blooms.
Such beauty,
such growth,
what Love You Are!

Create
and grow
with the
Seeds of Love.