The art of living · the storm
Storms
Some days the sky cracks open. The hard thing arrives — sudden, loud, sure of itself — and leaves a silence heavier than the noise it made. Here we don’t look away. We name them plainly, because even the breaking is part of the becoming.
Latest Storms
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Keep don’t worry!
If what you do imitates your mind, if it does that in service to your light, then destiny is yours, patience too, plus a deep, generous cycle of goodness, excellence too, all woven like knots tied around your neck and your hands, these images born out of your mind, all in service to the light…
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Keep standing like Lillies!
Some days will be like Lillies, forcing you to stand tall and erect, even when you would rather bend. On those days, stand!
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Keep days full of dreams!
Some days are rich. Not only will you gaze at the skies and see a rainbow, life would remind you that everything for you starts in yellow like a goldfinch and ends in grace like rainbows you see. This life you live, this day and onwards, requires only dreaming…
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Keep the beginning!
It was simple to begin. Hard to continue. Even harder to not give up as we suffered. Wanting more for this life, wanting it for others, silent and alone. But the simple beginning, all that it laid bare, is why we celebrate the end, even in silence, knowing we are not alone. We choose to…
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Keep friendships full of grace!
Some friendships age like fine wine. Life may get in the way, but every connecting and reconnecting rekindles life like it never missed a bit. I spent sometime in the presence of a sister from another mother. We walked miles, laughed long, held silent games with some noisemakers and then ate ice cream that made…
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Keep breathing!
Even if you never intended to breathe, there is no use wasting air, so breathe. Be as urgent as a knife and breathe knowing each moment is a lifetime, with so many stories to write, no matter how you slice it, breathe. Some moments will force you to breathe, force you to remember to bless…
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Keep walking still!
Some paths will grow damp and uncomfortable and you will have no choice but to walk through. And when your feet get heavy, find something soft and solemn but walk.
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Keep the grace of hydrangeas!
The day I watched panicle hydrangeas bloom on a cool rainy morning, was the day I knew grace requires facing forward, requires understanding each other, requires evolving again, requires learning how to pray while still dreaming about lasting together.
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Keep this meaning of life!
For the freedom of your dreams, future joys and open eyes, live. Through ways silent and wise, the seed of your spirit and undiscovered roads, learn. When things happen and everything changes, pray. Through time and life, through the best and worst in souls, love. The above are from Ben Okri. My mood for this…
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Keep being green!
Dead trees don’t produce fruits, but some fruits on dead trees, stay green. My kids and I walked by branches from a tree dead. My daughter noted that dead trees often do not produce fruits, yet these branches were full of fruits still green. It got me wondering, how are we staying green in a…
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Keep what makes you lazy at times!
Near lazy rivers, you will find rest, find you belong in spaces lazy, like rivers.