intuition

spray painted graffiti in Cleveland


"Once you learn what life is about,
there is no way to erase the knowledge.
If you try to do something else with your life
you will always sense that you are missing something."
-James Redfield

Let it go

one of my favorite camping trips!!!




Let It Go

And so it's a hard life, 'cause it doesn't always give
back the things you give into it
Was it you who changed in the days gone by, did you
happen to look at yourself
Or try to forget it?

But now it's all coming back on you, you can't keep it away
You don't know what to do
And you carry that weight to the end of your rope,
holding on so tight
It will only serve to bind you

Won't you let it go?
You might not save anybody else's soul
But you might just save your own
If you let it go

When you're mad do you face the anger, when you're
scared do you face the fear
Or do you pack it away?
Do you run 'cause you want to run, or are you
running and looking to find
Another escape?

Did you find the dreams that you held so close
Were nothing more than another place to hide
Find the thorn that's in your side
Find the source of all the lies that eat you up inside

Won't you let it go...
And what you're holding on to is a rope that might hang you
You can lossen up your grip once you know, what it is you hold

Won't you let it go...

lyrics by Jimmy Ryser

As I open

come as you are

above is a journal cover that I made with the kids at work today.
It was a lot of fun. I asked them to cut out words or pictures of things "you want in your life...or things that inspire you."
Then I brought in mod podge and we glazed over the pictures.
here is what the one quote says from my journal:

“Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be,

because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose,

and then where are you?”

-Fanny Brice

Creation

Creation:
A Sioux Story
The Creator gathered all of Creation and said,
"I want to hide something from the humans
until they are ready for it.
It is the realization that they create their own reality."
The eagle said, "Give it to me, I will take it to the moon."
The Creator said,
"No. One day they will go there and find it."
The salmon said,
"I will bury it on the bottom of the ocean."
"No. They will go there too."
The buffalo said, "I will bury it on the Great Plains."
The Creator said,
"They will cut into the skin of the Earth
and find it even there."
Grandmother Mole, who lives in the breast of Mother Earth,
and who has no physical eyes but sees with spiritual eyes,
said, "Put it inside of them."
And the Creator said, "It is done."

Love

the above pictures are from the Northeast Ohio dance festival today.
Mira and Macy were there all day taking workshops
then my mom, dad, Mark, Marko, and I drove up to watch them dance in the show...I love the show. Above is a picture of Macy doing her solo part in the dance at rehersal and a cosmic picture of Mira and some of the girls at rehersal..
I am feeling really grateful for my family tonight.
Dance always puts me in a good mood!!
hope you like the beautiful quote below.
have an awesome night.
love,
Michele





"I have learned how important it is to tell people
when you love them,
because tomorrow is just a concept in our minds."
-Ryan J. Robinson

give me strength

Hear me, four quarters of the world -- a relative I am! Give me the strength to walk the soft earth,
a relative to all that is! Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand,
that I may be like you. With your power only can I face the winds.
--Black Elk

Paradise

Mira and Macy's dance company being goofy.



Paradise is not a place where we are going.
It is a place where we are from. We can go there at any time.
It is our beliefs that lock us in our hell.
It is the sacredness of this moment that is the key to freedom.
John Squadra

A Fable

Once upon a time there dwelt an old King in a palace. In the center of a golden table in the main hall, there shone a large and magnificent jewel. Each day of the King's life the stone sparkled more resplendently.

One day a thief stole the jewel and ran from the palace, hiding in a forest. As he stared with deep joy at the stone, to his amazement the image of the King appeared in it.

"I have come to thank you," said the King. "You have released me from my attachment to Earth. I thought I was freed when I acquired the jewel, but then I learned that I would be released only when I passed it on, with a pure heart, to another.

"Each day of my life I polished that stone, until finally this day arrived, when the jewel became so beautiful that you stole it, and I have passed it on, and am released.

"The jewel you hold is Understanding. You cannot add to its beauty by hiding it and hinting that you have it, nor yet by wearing it with vanity. Its beauty comes of the consciousness that others have of it. Honor that which gives it beauty."

by Thaddeus Golas, 1972

tapping into the universal energy

a view from Leslie's house



Why do people want to so desperately control others?
I ran into a situation today where someone tried
to manipulate me. I ended up feeling bad for the person
.....just seeing the underlying control drama.
I think he came from a place of fear
and wanting to feel safe and to be loved......because he is so controlled in his life...so confined...and that is not living your life...that is living someone else's life.
I think back to times when I wanted to control a situation
....or situations where I have in the past unconsciously tried to gain someone's energy and realized what I was doing later...
and I know that I probably have more situations
that I haven't even realized
my unconscious desire to control.
It is an ego thing I know....and usually not conscious
when it is done.
I was able to not feel angry with the person
and let it go..... but I am still not going to give away my power......or allow myself to be
manipulated by the use of guilt in
order for someone to try to get what they want
....just so they can have the illusion of safety.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could all just be real with each other.
State our issues and fears openly and honestly instead of all the weird things we do to numb our fears and try to steal energy from others.
What if we all could come from the heart.....and trust?
What if we really tried to understand
and communicate with one another.
"You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
I really do hope that one day
we can live as one....and humans can learn to gain energy from the universal source and not from other humans
( to inflate our egos)....whenever I go within
whether it is doing yoga or meditating,or some kind of creating
...or being out walking in nature....
In this moment right now, I have no desire to grasp at any of the ilusional/ego stuff......but other times, I don't feel that connection.
All I know is that I could never sell my soul again...No one can manufacture my happiness...that is an inside job....I have to be true to me....no one will ever dictate my work schedule
or my finances or my friends...my connections... ....I have no desire for that....I am uplifted by my connection with others,and when I am serving others or when I am creating something.....that connects me to something larger than the self....something larger than life here on this physical plane.
I hope that I never have the desire to try to manipulate
another soul to the point that they feel caged in.

The words love all, serve all come to mind.

Hope you like the lyrics below....this one nurse that I work with always brings in cds to listen to.......this is the lyrics from the one he brought in today.... see if you recognize it.......kinda goes with the topic. Love, Michele

"and as we wind on down the road. Our shadow taller than our soul. There walks a Lady we all know Who shines white light and wants to show. How everything still turns to gold. And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last. When all are one and one is all. To be a rock and not a roll."

any guess as to where this is from???

The real reason we are here

There are things we do because they feel right and they make no sense
and they make no money & it may be the real reason we are here:
to love each other and to eat each other's cooking &
say it was good.
-Brian Andreas

On Life

do you see Macy on her Cello? She is on the right in the white capri pants
......2nd row...1st one.
hope you enjoy the quote below.
love, Michele


Life has been your art.
You have set yourself to music.
Your days are your sonnets.
--Oscar Wilde

on letting go

Above is a picture of our friend, Mr. Russell ....his real name is Russ Wilson, but

the kids have always called him Mr. Russell.

We adopted him into our family about 7 years ago

....he attends all family holiday and birthday parties.

He usually brings his gift of music or gift of magic.

His birthday is next month....He will be 62....

he gets to decide where we will go to dinner.....I am betting on Applebees.

He is such a kind soul.....our whole family loves him.

anyway, I needed to read this today (below)......I read it before going to yoga class tonight.

I feel so centered and like I can allow things to be after yoga and meditation.

Other times I think that I grasp too much.

anyway, read below.

and have a great day!!

love,

Michele

We cannot change our past.

We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way.

We can not change the inevitable.

The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have,

and that is our attitude.

- Charles Swindoll

we can work it out

Society evolves not by shouting each other down,
but by the unique capacity of unique,
individual human beings to comprehend each other.
Lewis Thomas