i give it up to the universe

surrender. relinquish control. set it free.

i awoke, my slumber cut short. i fought it, i fought to go back there. the black, blind night, the deep rejuvenating breathing, peace. take me back, return me to thoughtless slumber. put the inner workings of my mind in the hands of the divine and leave me to rest. my thoughts and prayers are better off there. release them from my mind which exhaustingly tosses and turns them, rejecting my attempts to sleep.

knowing there is no better way, i surrender.

the hokey pokey

am i moving? or am i standing still? the world seems to move faster than i can even take note of. but i stand here. my feet planted, moments passing me by like the enterprise hitting warp speed. is it a figment of my imagination? or is it time for me to get with the program.

Dedication

Life runs in cycles of ups and down. I have found that it can be so easy to get derailed to lose sight of things. Relationships new and lost, success and failure, resignation...even the weather!! All these things can cause us to forget our purpose. But we are stronger than we think. We beat ourselves down over the things we should be doing and are not, for all the little things we think we’ve relinquished while in the throes of our emotions. Meanwhile we don’t recognize that our battle with ourselves exemplifies the fact that we haven’t lost sight of our purpose, we are simply fighting to get back to it. And the only way we seem to know how to treat ourselves is badly, instead of giving ourselves credit for working our way through. Half the time we are not as far off our path as we think we are if one was to examine their everyday. Don’t forget the little things that define us. How we treat those around us. How we love our family and friends. the good deeds we do. We are dedicated!! We persevere! We must continue to walk our path, detours are acceptable!! We might just find enlightenment around one of those corners.