The Big Picture

Winter is a funny time. On one hand, it is a time for drawing within. On the other, though, it is a time for laying the groundwork for what is to come in the Spring and beyond. I had not noticed it before, but my winter photos always begin with sky pictures. It strikes me that the enormous sky above holds all of our hopes and dreams for us - a gigantic Pot of Possibilities, ours for the choosing. 

I watch it play out overhead...looking for clues

I am grateful that each day, each moment, brings with it a chance to take a breath and simply 'Begin Again'

I drink in the beauty overhead as it sparkles and shifts

as the Day welcomes each of us into Her embrace

 

  

and the Sky mirrors back the Beauty it sees in us

My one true wish as I start out into the Great Unknown of 2012...

     Let me lead, always, with my HEART first

       If I can do that, I know that the rest will all fall into place

     

........ Perfectly .......

My Desert Journey

I set out on a Desert Journey
 through a Threshold
to see the places where my life cracks open

and I stand exposed

Questions and answers swirled about me

 challenging me

What do I accept as Truth in my life?

I found myself at a crossroads

... literally....

As a desert 'cross' appeared before me

illuminated for my eyes alone

I saw that the road I walk in my daily life

 is represented by this 'cross'....

(ancient sunlight on Chaco Canyon ruins)

It's all about living and walking

fully engaged with the Mystery

not knowing, or caring,

what comes next

 Diving headfirst

into what lies below the surface

and pausing...

 listening for

Spirit's soft response

and receiving back

"The more you open your heart, the wider the opening through which I can come."

and then, just as quickly,

another gift was given...

A 'secret' heart, 

created by the forces of nature,

reminding me that

No matter where I go

Love is already there waiting for me

Happy Trails

to one and all

xxx