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The Magic Of Music, My Lifelong Partner.

The seduction started when I was young, as Music asked me to come out of the darkness and dance. It didn’t take much to coax me out into the light. His song was sweet and his smile intriguing. He knew I was born to dance with life. He took me out of the darkness, exposing my vulnerabilities, ...

wisdom

Meditations For The Mind That Won’t Shut Up.

There's a line I love from the wonderful movie The Peaceful Warrior: "Sometimes you have to lose your mind before you come to your senses." Movement can take us out of our mind, and help engage our senses in a way that can be elusive through stillness.

fiction

Away From Home. {fiction}

“Where are you going?” she asks. Mark looks into the darkness in front of him; the bright road lines on the highway are clear only for a few feet in front of the truck before they disappear into the night. “Same place you are,” he answers, and he just keeps driving.

poetry

When You Smile. {poetry}

My bloodstream is full of your smile, Like Ichor in god’s veins. It pumps into my heart to bring life to every corner of my body.

wisdom

I Am Not Diseased.

The comfort inherent in a label, in a reason, in a belonging, only lasted so long for me. Yes, I was temporarily saved by the notion that there was finally a sign I could point to and say, "This is why I am this way. Help." But it didn’t last very long.

art

We Are Gathered Here Today To Get Through This Thing Called Life.

2016 is pushing these people front and center saying, “Look! Look what’s happened! Feel the grief you’re feeling, because it’s going to make you reflect. It’s going to make you remember why you loved this person so much; how their music made you feel; how this person’s very existence healed you ...

wisdom

Legend Of The Nine Ninja Witches: An Earth Day Vision-Prayer.

The man who had threatened to cut a piece off his Mother right in front of his sisters now lays his head in Her lap, curled into fetal position as if he could somehow return to very womb he assaulted. But the Earth Mother strokes his hair and whispers that all will be well: Hush, hush. You have ...

wisdom

The Relentlessness Of Chronic Fatigue: Why We Are Brave To Keep Resting.

I feel scared of the intensity of my experience, but I also feel scared of the unknown, the future down the road. I feel scared of what will happen later on if I feel this ill now -- the ironic and hilarious quality of anxiety that stops me from resting and takes me out of my present and into a ...

poetry

Loving You To Pieces. {poetry}

You know betrayal and lies, you know defeat and shame You know pain and sorrow, you know very well how it feels When you aren’t loved... so your doors are closed to love

wisdom

Bloom: Creating New Life After Loss.

As I write these words, it has now been three months since my brother passed away, and I find myself standing on the precipice of spring looking back over my shoulder at the steps I have journeyed since. They are jagged and disparate, crooked and uneven with no order to them other then they are ...

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