Friday

It's the weekend, baby.

Dance,

Again.

It's hot outside.

Now it's hot inside too.

Hot.

who cares what they're gonna say...

Integrity

If you tell the truth,

it becomes

a part of your past,

if you lie,

it becomes

a part of your future.

~Unknown

Image Management

A pretty face 

doesn't mean

 a pretty heart.

Belief In Ourselves

We do not believe in ourselves until

someone reveals that deep inside us is

a person who is valuable, worth listening to,

worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch.

Once we believe in ourselves

we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight

or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

A Little Poetry

The little dog followed her.

And when it wouldn't any longer,

she turned,
picked it up,

and took it with her.

Little girl,
grown woman,

mother, wife, daughter, sister?

Empty, afraid.

Who is she,

if someone
 isn't watching,

 anyway?

Is anyone in there?

Sometimes,

when the moon is full and fat,

she is thought of with 
thick and deep
vast and vacant...
...love. 
Still.

...be...
 still.

Lonely At The Top?

You're not going to have a lot of people 

you can talk to about this. 

There is never a crowd on the leading edge.

~Abraham

Growing Down

’Growing up’ is often public and pleasant. 

‘Growing down’ is usually private and painful. 

While the interior journey 

required of our adult years 

may be difficult, 

it’s a price worth paying 

and a responsibility 

we have to ourselves and the world. 

~Unknown

Anonymous and Unknown Truths

 The honest person
who is mistaken,
admits her mistake
or becomes dishonest.
~Anonymous

You can fool the fans,

but not the players.

~Unknown

Take Me Back - Totally Off Topic

Because it's pretty. 

Take me back Josephine

To that cold and dark December

I am missing someone but I don't know who

Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember

Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you

Noontime wind can you blow

For me one more time

And take me on back to the start

Where the midnight moon shines so bright

Nearly pulled us up to Heaven

By the strings of our heart

Take me back Josephine

To that cold and dark December

I am missing someone but I don't know who

Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember

Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you

Morning sun shine on me

Come light inside my window

And rest on my brow

Kiss my eyes when I sleep

And carry me back home

If my dreams will allow

Take me back Josephine

To that cold and dark December

I am missing someone but I don't know who

Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember

Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you

Take me back Josephine

To that cold and dark December

I am missing someone but I don't know who

Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember

Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you

Someone help me understand why I'm still loving you

~Brandi Carlisle

Happiness

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, 

but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

~Arthur Schopenhauer

Master of Desire

"To become a master of desire, 

keep talking yourself out of being attached to trivial goals

and keep talking yourself into being thrilled 

about the precious few goals that are really important. 

Here's another way to say it: 

Wean yourself from purely ego-driven desires 

and pour your libido

 into a longing for beauty, truth, goodness, 

justice, integrity, creativity, love, 

and an intimate relationship 

with the Wild Divine."

I forget who said this,

but it turns me on.  

So does this:

"Me? I don't care too much about the looks. 

I want an incisive, inquisitive, insightful, irreverent mind. 

I want someone for whom philosophical discussion is foreplay. 

I want someone who sometimes makes me go ouch 

due to their wit and evil sense of humor. 

I want someone that I can reach out and touch randomly. 

I want someone I can cuddle with. 

I decided this all means that I am sapiosexual." 

If you don't care what the word means,

or don't care to look it up,

you're probably not sapiosexual.

:-)

Librarian fantasy anyone?

 Yes I did just post this.

:-)

 

Birthdays and Blessings

Happy Birthday Gabriel.

You are a good man,

and a badass,

who is even more badass

in my Ol' Red steampunk squirrel glasses.

Here's my favorite prayer

for everyone I love,

and especially this sweet soul son of mine.

I am willing to trust the Spirit of God in you.

I will not worry, fret or be unhappy over you.

I will not be afraid for you.

I will not give up on you, and I will not blame, criticize, or condemn you. 

I will remember first, last and always that you are God's Child, 

and that you have the Spirit of God in you. 

I will trust that Spirit 

to take care of you 

and to be a light to your Path ... 

to provide for your needs. 

I will think of you always as being surrounded by God's Loving Presence;

 as being enfolded in His protecting care; 

as being kept safe and secure in Him. 

I will be patient with you, 

and I will have confidence in you. 

I will stand by in faith and bless you in my prayers, 

knowing that you are growing 

and knowing that you are finding the help that you need. 

I have only good thoughts in my heart about you; 

for I am willing to let you live your life as you see fit. 

Your way may not be my way, 

but I am willing to trust the Spirit of God 

in you to show you the way to your highest good. 

I will bless you. I am willing to trust the Spirit of God in you. 

Happy Birthday Gabriel.

Venus Transit

This was an amazing event yesterday.

I viewed it from atop the astronomy building at UT.

I had a million things to do,

and the two hour wait in line to get to the top

was not just worth it,

but really put time into perspective.

I mean, 

what's a two hour wait 

to see Venus make her transit,

when it won't ever happen again in my lifetime?

"We are now on the eve of the second transit of a pair, 

after which there will be no other till the twenty-first century

 of our era has dawned upon the earth, 

and the June flowers are blooming in 2004. 

When the last transit season occurred 

the intellectual world was awakening 

 from the slumber of ages, 

and that wondrous scientific activity 

which has led to our present advanced knowledge 

was just beginning. 

What will be the state of science 

when the next transit season arrives 

God only knows. 

Not even our children's children 

will live to take part in the astronomy of that day. 

As for ourselves, 

we have to do with the present...

-William Harkness 1882

No.  I don't have a photo of it.

Some things you've just got to experience.

Faith

Hold on to what is good

  Even if it is a handful of earth

Hold on to what you believe

  Even if it is a tree that stands by itself

Hold on to what you must do

   Even if it is a long way from here

Hold on to life

   Even if it is easier to let go

Hold on to my hand

   Even if I have gone away from you.

 ~Pueblo blessing

The Camera

Glimpses of skin
Penetrated by the lens
Uncovered and undone
Naked truth revealed
The camera, my intimate lover
Showing my heart
Capturing my soul
Absolute essence revealed
Oh how film emotes
Laughter in color
Desires brought to life
Pain and peace crease your smile
And you let me see
You revealed

 ~Tammy

Spiritual Strength

All challenges are a sign of spiritual strength,
and of the readiness of the Soul to move on;

to evolve even further.

~Neale Donald Walsh