Eventide

As the day slowly comes to an end, the suns takes it's last bow and fades into the night.  My big idea now and on a constant basis includes- Maintaining and striving for peace of mind, strength of body and spirit and a path guided by goodness. I find it more necessary everyday to stay calm and carry-on. If only it were that easy during the moments that catch us unaware and a bit off track, floundering in negative thinking. It is draining to harbor dark thoughts, thoughts that would make us feel inadequate, doubtful, full of despair. While it is a challenge to find balance in a lopsided situation, it is imperative to arrive at a peaceful place as soon as possible. It is worth the effort and reaps the benefit of happy living and healthier lifestyle. It is an equal opportunity way to roll with the punches, forgive, focus on people, places, things and thoughts that pave the way to the goodness I seek and pray for everyday. Good night good people!

LOVE is a lot like a fine car. If you treat it with respect, maintain it regularly, keep it clean, handle with care and not wreckless with it... it is a beautiful thing with a solid frame, it is safe with plenty of room. It is a special car that ride's well even during challenging weather, rough road conditions and sharp turns that pop up occasionally to keep things interesting. 

*Overall, it is a ride of a lifetime. 

Matters of The Heart ♥

Strong is the heart, as healthy are the mind, body and spirit.

Planetary Prayer

When one takes a moment to consider the delicate balance between the earth in relation to our solar system and the vastness of the universe as we understand it,.. it is staggering to imagine the stories of life taking place on the surface, underwater, underground and surrounding the earth, the direction it rotates on it's tilted axis, the constant atmospheric and climate changes taking place... A moment to reflect on the miraculous nature of it all, the fragile nature of human kinds presence on this planet and in the universe. What is possible for earth can take place at any second on any given day or night.  When all is said and done the world and it's precious inhabitants are at the mercy of the heavenly, mighty and mysterious cosmos, our vulnerability, a constant reminder of our precarious place in the heavens.

The quality and longevity of humanity depends on how we think, our attitude toward one another as well as how we treat everyone on the globe. How healthy of mind, body and spirit are we?  The quality of the human condition improves as it evolves into a more thoughtful, kinder, respectful people who grow in the direction of what is right and true. Holy Spirits emit light offering grace-filled respite in a chaotic world, the light translates, transforms into change and transition. This phenomenon is available for the taking and brought to us by the creators of love and peace. The choice to design and build a just world, fair and free- is our own. The future is promising if we say so, if we cultivate goodness, positive change, a humble appreciation and awareness of this sacred and blessed planet. Amen ~

PEACE * FREEDOM * JUSTICE

Desert Heart Transplant ~



Jack in the Pulpit aka Indian Turnip
perennial herbaceous plant 

 The Move to New Mexico
Toward the end of the 20’s, O’Keeffe began to tire of New York and took a trip to New Mexico. She fell in love with the terrain and returned there every year until she moved there permanently in 1946. It was a new beginning for Georgia O’Keeffe, whose inspiration abounded once again as she took to painting the mountainous landscape and sun-bleached animal skulls that littered the desert floor. She insists that the bones depicted in her work were not indicative of death, but rather of the ever-lasting beauty of the desert itself. She reveled in the striking vegetation and vibrant colors. Once again her paintings took on a magnified quality, possibly a significant message that nature is larger than humanity, and that its splendid beauty dwarfs us. Despite artists using nature as a subject, nature will always be too much for an artist to contain.

About the Author: Jessie Ippersiel has been a fan of Georgia O'Keeffe's work for many years and provides content for georgia-okeeffe.com.

Manifesto & Meanderings

You get to a point, usually landmark times of the year like your birthday, Christmas, certain anniversaries, the beginning and the end of a year... you can't help but think of where you've been, where you are and where you are going. You get to thinking about things; the who's, how's, when's, what if's. You wonder, wait, live, make mistakes, correct them, be better for the wear and tear. Around every corner attempt to be a blessing, a beacon, make a little or large difference in some one's life and be an accurate reflection of the grace and glory of God ~ The Holy Spirit,  my safety, strength, guide, place of privilege, my life line, wish, dream, prayer, connection to perfection, power, protection, priceless respite & reprieve. You hope others find their way, have a place in the world and able to maintain some sense of security, comfort and respect.

Itemizing, taking stock of blessings... very humbling. I wonder sometimes how people who suffer get through it, from moment to moment much less day to day. Life wages war on people, the vulnerable, be it mental warfare, physical, spiritual, economical. The battlefields of life can render a person so broken, war torn, depleted, living life in peril, stricken with poverty and pain, home sick, heart sick, tired, weary and you think; "There but for the grace of God go I". You wonder, what you did to deserve all of your creature comforts and countless resources on the ready as so many struggle just to be alive and well.

I send my love out to all of life who move about in this world floundering or flourishing like every strand of weeping willow swaying gently in the soft breeze or getting tangled and twisted, fighting to be free from paralyzing conditions. Indeed suffering and sickness are as much a part of the human experience as thriving, happy, healthy living. Meanwhile, the have's and have not's live and sometimes work within reach of one another... We must at least go forth with a humble, grateful and prayerful heart, dispatching goodness from within, with intention to lift the spirits and lighten the burdens of those who ache with every minute that passes.

Humanity longs for a peaceful existence, as well for animals we share this planet with. We yearn for deliverance from despair, doubt and fear, and crave the presence of mind to replace the negative with the positive and the darkness with the sacred awareness of the blessed healing power of love and light ~