Where Roots Grow

 

There was a time I thought I was sinking. I felt heavy and lost in the dark waters of life, as if nothing in me was moving and nothing in me would ever bloom.

What I could not see at the time was that this is where our roots begin, in the quiet, unseen places where light feels far away and everything asks you to trust what you cannot yet see.

What I discovered was that the mud that held me in place was actually shaping me; it asked me to be still long enough to remember who I am, and in that stillness, something within me began to shift, slowly, gently, like a soft rising, a breath finding its way back to the surface.

And when I finally broke through, I could feel the change within me, open and alive, and like the lotus, I bloomed because of the very darkness that once held me.

Where Roots Grow

Art & Heart Musings By Sophia Love Storey

Source: Sophia Storey on Facebook

Native Flute Harmony

 

Four Native American Indian Spirituality Laws

 

There are four Native American Indian Spirituality Laws that say nothing happens for no reason in life. When you do understand this, it's very easy to handle and you confidently look at what's happening, thankful for what was there and happy for what's going to happen.

The 1st law says:

′′The person you meet is the right one.′′

That is, no one comes into our lives by accident, all the people around us who interact with us, stand for something, either to educate us or to help us in our situation.

The 2nd law says:

′′What happens is the only thing that can happen.′′

Nothing but absolutely nothing of what happens to us could have been different. Not even the most insignificant detail. There just isn't ′′ If I had done it differently... It would have been different..." No, what happens is the only thing that can happen and needs to happen, so we can learn our lessons to get ahead. Everything, yes, every situation that happens to us in life is absolutely perfect, even when our spirit resists our ego and doesn't want to accept it.

The 3rd law says:

′′Every moment when something starts is the right time.′′

Everything starts at the right time, not sooner or later. When we are ready for something new in our life, it's already there to begin with.

The 4th law says:

′′What's over is over.′′

It's that simple. When something ends in our life, it serves our development. That's why it's better to let go and move forward, bestowed on the experiences that have now been gained.

I don't think it's a coincidence that you're reading this here. If this text meets you today, it's because you meet the conditions and understand that no rain drop anywhere in the world accidentally falls in the wrong place.

Let it go well...

Love with your whole being...

Being happy without end...

Every day is a happy day.

I Am.

You Are.

We Are.

Oneness ..

Unknown

Art by Betty Albert

Source: Seredipity Corner on Facebook

Words to Remember

 

In every difficult situation there will be two things that endure.

Grief and love.

Darkness and light.

Despair and hope.

They will oppose each other in a seemingly constant battle to come out on top, and where one will be gentle and quiet, the other will be loud and rough.

But remember that when you feel overwhelmed by grief

or swallowed by darkness

or swamped by despair...

they do not define you.

Because their opposites are enduring too.

The love is persevering,

the light is growing and

the hope is holding on.

No, you are not the darkness and despair that threaten to break you.

You are the love and the light and the hope.

And just as the spring returns after winter and the night gives way to day, you can rest, you can rise and you can shine again.

And you will. In your own time.

Yes, you will endure.

And you will make it through.

*****

Becky Hemsley 2024

Artwork by Oliver Flores

This poem is from, Words to Remember

Source: Becky Hemsley Poetry on Facebook

A dozen Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes

 

1. One should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

2. If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

3. As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

4. If I love you, what business is it of yours?

5. No one is willing to believe that adults too, like children, wander about this earth in a daze and, like children, do not know where they come from or where they are going, act as rarely as they do according to genuine motives, and are as thoroughly governed as they are by biscuits and cake and the rod.

6. This is the true measure of love: when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us.

7. When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it's alive; then they have the parts and they've lost the whole, for the link that's missing was the living soul.

8. If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.

9. Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.

10. A person who does not know the history of the last 3,000 years wanders in the darkness of ignorance, unable to make sense of the reality around him.

11.Anything you can do, or dream you do, begin it: boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

12. In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm. ... In the real world, all rests on perseverance.

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Silver Linings

 

When the ocean waves engulf you

And there’s water all around

And when you feel you’re in so deep

You might as well swim down

When the forest’s looming darkly

And you can’t see your way through

When the trees are overbearing

And they’re closing in on you

When every path is dangerous

And treacherous to tread

And you decide to stop

And stay forever lost instead

Well…

I hope the sea is sapphires

That buoy you with their blue

I hope they shine a little

Of their precious light on you

I hope the forest prides itself

On all its emerald leaves

And helps you see your brilliance

Through the darkness of the trees

I hope your paths are gilded

And are lined with golden hues

Where ruby roses grow through grass

That shines with diamond dew

I hope you feel the sunshine

And the warmth that it possesses

I hope you see the way the clouds

Are shining at their edges

‘Cause there’s richness in the darkness,

When you’re lost, beneath the surface

There’s treasure waiting for you

And I promise you it’s worth it

So don’t give up or in

‘Cause pressure builds a precious stone

You’ve everything you need

And you are stronger than you know

So please keep going up and through

Keep walking, swimming, climbing

And keep on searching clouds for silver

Sewn into their linings

******

Becky Hemsley 2023

Artwork by Nancy Quiaoit

'Silver Linings' is from Letters from Life

Source: Becky Hemsley Poetry on Facebook

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