Monday, May 12, 2014
We all might walk the same road but its a different path we all seek....
I hope everyone had a beautiful Mother's day weekend, I know I did. We went for a wonderful walk along the wooded coastal shores of New Hampshire. I love walking in the woods, I find such a peace there and it seems that the magic of the trees and their majesty call to my heart and soul. Yesterday as we walked the wooded path coming to forks in the road and following some that looped us around sometimes back to the same spot others in a new direction, I thought of how similar to life today's walk was. These were no ordinary paths, these once were the paths of soldiers and guards that once watched over theses shores for enemies or maybe even approaching storms. Now grass and graffiti replace the once I am sure maintained land. What stories those trees could tell if we only knew how to listen. In life I have tried to follow many paths, some that have been laid before me. Filled with stories of adventures and woes. I have also made my own paths alone and in fear of the unknown. Along the way others and myself leaving bread crumbs for those that wish to follow. Those that seek a new path or one of their ancestors. Yet yesterday I realized that no matter how many people walked these paths now or in the past each one had its own individual experience and reason they made the choices they did. No two paths are ever the same even if the paths are made of the very same stones. That after me and before me these paths would be walked and no two experiences would be the same but yet we all at least yesterday were seeking the same thing, family, nature, woods, ocean, and maybe even a bit of peace. It made me think of a saying by the Zen poet Matsuo Basho "Seek not to follow in the footsteps of the elders, rather seek what they sought" That it is not someone else path we should be seeking but to create our own. That the qualities and virtues they stood for can not be attained by merely following someone else path they have laid before us but in discovering those things in our self by seeking our own answers, making our own choices and following our own path. That even though the landscape might be the same we must see it with new eyes, our eyes. That way we can never be disappointed that we didn't experience what another did on that path. You see that was their path and you must walk yours. Like us yesterday, some on the path came across snakes and bees that scared them, others rushed by missing the turtle hiding in the brush and other found it hot at times, me I found beauty in the trees and the rocks on the path called out to me but most of all I was grateful to see once again there is more to life when I use my new eyes to see....
Saturday, May 10, 2014
What a little Mat time and Tempeh can do......
1 c. Red bell peppers
other wise you can prep then cook a quick rice mixer
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Swimming In A Sea Of Happiness.....
This morning I am swimming in a sea of happiness. Last night I was gifted a new computer and I am still in awe of the kindness and love that went into it. What a blessing to know that I can go back to what I am passionate about, sharing my thoughts and my life through writing. It is who I am, I have countless journals to prove it.
As I opened up Love Poems From God I was taken back by how my life seems to be just that. A poem from God. Just like the book all I have to do is open it and the words seem to speak to me in the way my heart needed to hear in that moment. My life has been that the few past weeks as I decided to put the turmoil aside and listen to my soul and allow it to guide my actions and reaction. What a beautiful awaking that has been happening.
Things that once bothered me like a disease I didn't want to catch like others negativity and chaos have been more like watching a river flow then getting caught up in the current. I am not sure what I can say changed it. My new devotion to yoga, the 17 years I have been working on my mind or that my spirit has finally stopped looking for God and just accepted that all I had to do was surrender and go within for my answers. Why question or even search that has been what the last 17 years has been a journey of the mind to only realize that all I ever needed to do was stop seeking and start living. Not living from the mind, Not obsessing on my body or even searching for my humanity through my spirit. Just remembering if I want to honor God and be the living poem of his creation all that is needed is to start honoring myself and everything else will fall into place effortlessly. Some might say this insight comes with age but I know plenty of people my senior that are still struggling to find themselves or even find happiness from within. It comes from living and letting life be your teacher and your soul be your guide.
This morning once again this book spoke to me, not in the words I read but in the meaning of the spirit in which it was wrote, to see God in everything and let everything be a poem to honor the creator and the creation....
Saturday, May 3, 2014
What a beautiful way to start my day
I love the first day of the Farmers Market. The sense of adventure in seeing what Mother Earth has been birthing at the hands of the great people at my local market. It like a reunion as we greet each other after our winter break. A opportunity to get reacquainted and also make new friends. This year I was happy like always to see two toads farm there along with all the other smiles that greeted me. Lots of seedlings to offer and some new items made the early run downtown worth it. My most exciting find was sun dried tomatoes. I got some goat cheese that would be delicious mixed in.. Yummy! On the other hand a new vender this year offered homemade deodorant. My friend Georgana just started making some for herself which intrigued me. I'm not so crafty as that so I bought some. Lavender and Tea Tree oil. I'm very excited to try it out. Boy does that sound funny, excited about deodorant. What makes me excited is helping local merchants and farmers while taking care of myself and my son. So if you have never been to a Famers Market or your waiting for yours to reopen get out today and go to one. It could just change your life. It did mine! I owe my health to those farmers and them fighting for EBT funds so people like me can eat heathy on a fixed or low income. Everyone deserves great health regardless of who they are and what they can afford. God bless the farmers and those who put their talents to use to make a better world for me and you...
Now to enjoy what I got, I see a wonderful salad in my future...