Saturday, March 25, 2017

What Pulls At Your Soul?

“What in your life is calling you? When all the noise is silenced, the meetings adjourned, the lists laid aside, and the wild iris blooms by itself in the dark forest, what still pulls on your soul? In the silence between your heartbeats hides a summons, do you hear it? Name it, if you must, or leave it forever nameless, but why pretend it is not there?” — Unknown source 

Life. Life is a series of events that teach us more than we could ever imagine. Life is not simple; it is complex. We go through the motions every day and we live, we survive, we persevere. There is something that keeps me grounded, that makes me feel peace and understand my purpose. What pulls at my soul are those with meaning and depth. I talk frequently about nature and the sky both of which pull at my soul and speak to me. The sky has meaning for me that life exists beyond our grasp, beyond our comprehension. The sky is a place that I know will always be there, never straying although always changing. The sky and nature remind me of life in which there is light, dark, greatness, peace; there is hope, beauty, fulfillment, knowledge and things unknown. How can something like that not speak to your soul?

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

A Sunset Story

“It was sunsets that taught me that beauty sometimes only last for a couple of moments, and it was sunrises that showed me that all it takes is patience to experience it all over again.”

            -A.J. Lawless


Every fall and winter morning on my commute to work, I am greeted by the most incredible sunrises. The mountain views combined with the glow of a new day has always made my heart happy and my soul at peace. The sunrise reminds me that this new day is a gift and ought not to be taken for granted. 

Lately I have struggled with this realization as I have been pushed and tested to my limits. My heart has been broken with the recent loss of my Aunt so close to the one year anniversary of my Mom’s passing, coupled with drama and toxicity from my extended family. Some days I feel like my emotions cannot take any more distress, and then I remember that sunrise; that sunrise that almost always takes my breath away. It is then that I remember that I can no longer be discouraged and allow inferiorities and inadequacies based on the opinion of others to consume me, for the universe saw fit to give me a new day, a new sunrise, a chance to start fresh and begin again.