Time is Relative, relatively speaking....
Long long time, not so long, seems like yesterday and seems like forever
Things change, but things also stay the same, as in, the same rut, the same
circle, the same relationship foibles and fears.
Yes, I'm rambling, but why, so much to say, not so much time left
I've come to the realization that really, my life is heading for the proverbial sunset
the final years, the settling down and living peacefully, and I'm not ready.... is anyone
ever really ready? I have no idea... I've been all wrapped up in my little dysfunctional world
where I think I can make a difference to discover that really... no....
I have these grand illusions that my life will be one day,
a little cottage by the sea.... or a lake even... with my crafts, and my gardening and my books
and time to do the things I want to do, be a good friend, take things to people, see their
delighted smiles, cultivate friendships that have lain fallow
alas, I am so lacking in the real world
these are things I should be doing now
that maybe I do, but to a way lesser extent
I wanted to wait until my life was perfect, and sane, and done with demands
from responsibilities....
I just wanted to do it 'cause I wanted to do it
and live cozily by the sea
sweeping sand from the doorsills
having my children stop by for coffee and a chat
and bring their bright eyed little children
who were perfectly behaved and loved their gramma
i'm so silly sometimes
as if it were a practice run, and this time i'll get it right
it wasn't
I won't
I just need to try harder
for the moment, for the now
and make the desires of my heart
a reality
in a real
living
breathing
present
world.
amen
#theendisnigh #wishes #dreams #runningonempty
Morning Star
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014
🐍. Snakes
I had a dream this morning that I was sitting on the couch and totally, totally covered in snakes. I couldn't figure how to get them off me. They weren't biting or squeezing or anything, but I felt as if I was drowning in them.
Then someone came in the room and I told them to get them off. As soon as I said the word 'Off', they slithered to the floor and away... Mostly away anyway.... At least to the other side of the room. So strange. What is that trying to tell me I wonder??
Monday, September 30, 2013
The New Road
Kiss me sweet when I come home
ask me how my day has gone
touch my back in that spot there
show me truly how you care
you say that you love me
that you couldn't live without me
you depend on my providing
for the life that you enjoy
you take me when you want me
and I let you have your way
But at night when you are sleeping
and the kitchen faucet's leaking
and the garbage wasn't taken out again,
like it should be
Then I think of all the stories
that happy women tell me
and I yearn for men like they have
that take care of what they need
I would love for you to want me
to be happy when I come home
To have supper waiting for me
and the dishes have been done
the bedroom chaos picked up
and a kiss upon your lips
Wrap me gently in your strong arms
and tell me how you're doing
Let me feel the love outpouring
from your heart and into mine
Keep the roof above from leaking
and the lawn all neat and pretty
and by keeping up with those things
I'd be grateful for all time
But there's never any love here
It's TV and your cell phone
playing games and never talking
Never taking care of me
I work so hard all day long
and a sancutary should be
the place that I can go to when
I've given all I can
I need to feel I'm filled up,
from a peaceul flowing fountain
but my life runs at a deficit
every hour every day.
So let me tell you this to warn you
The day will come that I don't call you
That I don't turn the car down our street
and I drive the other way
I can't lose what I don't have here
it can't make me any sadder
to be alone out in the world
when I'm alone with you each day.
No tender touches waiting
No kisses on my forehead
No conversation ever
about what our purpose is
There is nothing more that I can do
to give you any more
There is nothing left inside me
That hasn't all been poured
I've been drained for twenty years
Never once have I felt filled up
after spending time with you
I've given more than I have
to you and all your needs
and if it sounds selfish
then that's the way it will be
But I've not been kissed in so long
Not been held or touched or felt love
That all that's left of me
is a cardboard cut-out girl
I can't pay for your existence
work overtime to make up
for all the the time that you don't work
and the money you don't have
Even when the house is breaking
you don't see the cracks appearing
and I feel just like this house does
cold, neglected, left alone
Ive never been unfaithful
Never reached out for another
Never broke the vows that I made
those many years aso
But I can't go on in this way
feeling less and less a woman
Feeling tossed aside and used
only for the money that I make
So I'm passing by our street
and I'm heading down a side road
and if I don't see you,
I wish you all the best.
ause there's nothing here to hold me
Our kids have grown and left me
and you never even held me
the night my mother passed away
I can't tell you any more
the things that I am needing
You never ever get it
you just wait for it to pass
It's not passing by though this time
I'm headed out to sea
and If I never get to see you
it was nice, but I don't need it
I just want a hand to hold mine
someone to really see
That I'm a special person
full of love and plans and purpose
Full of things I have to share
and things I need to be
And I'm sorry that it took
such a long time to arrive here
But I thought that I was saving
what was meant to be
But really, should a person
never feel the soft warm kisses
that our hearts were meant to give
Never feel her pulses quicken
when a voice touches her ear
The safe haven we are meant for
Should be there for one another
and if that's not existing
we should push off from the shore
And if I never find it
If that peace remains elusive
well at least I know I tried to
I Lived and Loved along the way.
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Sunday, June 30, 2013
Wow.... so inconsistent I am.
I want to vent about all the things that I think are wrong, and the things that other people are doing, or Not Doing, that are causing me grief... but really... They aren't causing it...
MY reaction to it is. How I view it, How I perceive it. And really, I can change that.
I am trying to focus more on the reactions that I have, and less on the Actions of Others.
So, I am just reminding myself of that.... and I will be able to be more at peace with it...
I do know when I concentrate on my own self and my own buttons, I can catch it early, and be better....
I want to vent about all the things that I think are wrong, and the things that other people are doing, or Not Doing, that are causing me grief... but really... They aren't causing it...
MY reaction to it is. How I view it, How I perceive it. And really, I can change that.
I am trying to focus more on the reactions that I have, and less on the Actions of Others.
So, I am just reminding myself of that.... and I will be able to be more at peace with it...
I do know when I concentrate on my own self and my own buttons, I can catch it early, and be better....
Sunday, February 17, 2013
2013 late ;)
So, I've missed the beginning of the new year.
Imagine that.
I never seem to be on time for anything. I push my plans aside and just do what needs to be done, because I didn't do it when I had time, so now..... it is emergent... Well, that's just me I guess.
I wanted to have such a different approach to the new year, new me, new plans and well, maybe old plans in a new and Real Light.... Where I actually Believe I can make it happen.
Here goes, this is for me
Remember youwere Are going to
LIVE healthier... eat more nutritiously healthy for your body, not the sugar crave that you feel the need to indulge
And Exercise, walk more, go to the gym and Tend to your body, so you can Tend To Your Soul
Get those things Done, that need doing.... and you know all the paperwork that entails, like taxes and improve your credit score... procrastination will get you every time.
Meditate.... this at least is coming along, discovery, thinking before acting, attempting to put my own needs in the mix of things along with all the other.
Realize that people are, what they are, and I cannot change that.... Change, meaningful change, comes from within... when you realize that it needs to happen.
OK, I'm going to begin again... I say that a lot, but I Am.
Imagine that.
I never seem to be on time for anything. I push my plans aside and just do what needs to be done, because I didn't do it when I had time, so now..... it is emergent... Well, that's just me I guess.
I wanted to have such a different approach to the new year, new me, new plans and well, maybe old plans in a new and Real Light.... Where I actually Believe I can make it happen.
Here goes, this is for me
Remember you
LIVE healthier... eat more nutritiously healthy for your body, not the sugar crave that you feel the need to indulge
And Exercise, walk more, go to the gym and Tend to your body, so you can Tend To Your Soul
Get those things Done, that need doing.... and you know all the paperwork that entails, like taxes and improve your credit score... procrastination will get you every time.
Meditate.... this at least is coming along, discovery, thinking before acting, attempting to put my own needs in the mix of things along with all the other.
Realize that people are, what they are, and I cannot change that.... Change, meaningful change, comes from within... when you realize that it needs to happen.
OK, I'm going to begin again... I say that a lot, but I Am.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Today
It seems like I didn't do much today, slept a lot, actually fell back asleep and didn't wake up til late... so unproductive of me... Bad Bad Bad
But if I think about it really, I just didn't do much Tasking. Like cleaning, or washing, or rearranging.
I actually had a little chat with an old friend who is now a surgeon, just starting his practice, and had the chance to remind him that he is missed, he is thought well of, and that there is a plan for him, even with kinks and bumps in the road.
I found my dress pants.... ;) and wore them, to the funeral home. To see an old old friend, well, his family really, since it was his funeral.
I did manage to put a chicken pot pie in the oven for dinner.
I talked to my in-laws.
Talked to a man about selling an old van we have. (he'll be back tomorrow)
Wished my cousin a Happy Birthday on FB, and sent her a couple reminders of the 'old days'.
Paid a bill that was late.
Reset some banking passwords so I could get into the account, finally.
Talked to another friend about meditation class, and how we can get together next week.
And have been thinking about how all kinds of old friends come out to see someone that has died. I used to think that was weird, but I see now it is a way of reconnecting. To the days that have gone by, when we were young, and carefree and pure. Well, as pure as elementary school children are... Those memories we have locked up in our hearts and our heads start bubbling to the surface when poked by death. The I remembers, and Do you remembers start breaking through, and then we can TALK about them, with the people that Actually remember .... It is really so much fun, and so trip back in time-ish....
And of course, everyone doesn't remember everything, or was even involved in Every Thing, but the ambiance, the reminiscence, the purity of the time comes back, and for a moment, bathes you in the freshness of your own innocence. So sweet, so touching.... Thank you Jeff. <3
I guess I did do a little today, good for me.
But if I think about it really, I just didn't do much Tasking. Like cleaning, or washing, or rearranging.
I actually had a little chat with an old friend who is now a surgeon, just starting his practice, and had the chance to remind him that he is missed, he is thought well of, and that there is a plan for him, even with kinks and bumps in the road.
I found my dress pants.... ;) and wore them, to the funeral home. To see an old old friend, well, his family really, since it was his funeral.
I did manage to put a chicken pot pie in the oven for dinner.
I talked to my in-laws.
Talked to a man about selling an old van we have. (he'll be back tomorrow)
Wished my cousin a Happy Birthday on FB, and sent her a couple reminders of the 'old days'.
Paid a bill that was late.
Reset some banking passwords so I could get into the account, finally.
Talked to another friend about meditation class, and how we can get together next week.
And have been thinking about how all kinds of old friends come out to see someone that has died. I used to think that was weird, but I see now it is a way of reconnecting. To the days that have gone by, when we were young, and carefree and pure. Well, as pure as elementary school children are... Those memories we have locked up in our hearts and our heads start bubbling to the surface when poked by death. The I remembers, and Do you remembers start breaking through, and then we can TALK about them, with the people that Actually remember .... It is really so much fun, and so trip back in time-ish....
And of course, everyone doesn't remember everything, or was even involved in Every Thing, but the ambiance, the reminiscence, the purity of the time comes back, and for a moment, bathes you in the freshness of your own innocence. So sweet, so touching.... Thank you Jeff. <3
I guess I did do a little today, good for me.
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