Beyond the Ninth Wave

Always Dance

Always dance - it will confuse those who would hold you back or down.  I'm just sayin'.

Haven Digital Collage

Loving Thoughts Collage

I originally wanted to call this digital collage North of Boston Marriage.  Then I learned what pansies symbolize - loving thoughts - so changed the title accordingly.

Lonesome Lou

Play Time!

Day 10 of Gratitude Month.

While we do the sometimes hard work of living, it's important to remember to play.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, feelings

Day 9 of Gratitude Month.

You know how sometimes the 1,001st time you hear something, it suddenly slides into place in its very own brain groove & finally you get it?  That happened to me yesterday in the PHP & I've been turning it over & over in my grubby little hands ever since.  Just admiring the shiny new Pretty & murmering the occasional "Precioussss" over it's new-to-me reality.

I'm talking about feelings & finally grokking that it's ok to have every feeling I do.  Not only is it OK, it's part of what makes me human.  Seems pretty fundamental, right?  A real no-brainer, hmm?  Well maybe some of us are more sentient than others, because though I've been hearing this news for years, I can finally apply it to my own little self!  This is huge for me.  My feelings aren't bad, sinful, capable of harming me or anyone anyone else.  They're just... feelings.  I can sit with them, acknowledge them, own them, release them if I choose & they don't have to own me, they don't have the power to ruin me.  Amazing what group therapy can do if you give it a chance.

Today, instead of fearing them, I'm going to be grateful for feelings.

Perfect Timing

Day 8 of Gratitude Month.

Sometimes the most loving answer to our prayers is: "Wait."  I've been learning this one a lot lately & it's not an easy lesson for one who so loves to order her own existence.  But what the Universe repeatedly shows me is that the Divine's timing is so much more perfect than my own. 

"Wait" doesn't necessarily have to be a completely passive option.  I think we're meant to do what we can to plant seeds, but then we need to step out of the way & allow maturation of the plant.  It's always been my tendency to peek too soon, before germination is complete & sometimes the new growth is yet too fragile to survive all my meddling.

So today I'm grateful for perfect timing & I ask that I keep this teaching in mind as I wait for all my garden's seeds to mature.  Amen & amen.

Me & My Sister

Digital collage, hand tinting, enamel.

Sometimes it's only a...

Digital collage, digital oils,enamel

Binaria: Angel of Computers

Digital collage. digital oils, enamel.