Breathe. Deeper. Fill your lungs, then use your stomach, your diaphragm to purposefully continue filling your body with as much air as it can hold. Take a moment to realize how much extra air you can inhale beyond your usual, weaker breaths. As you slowly exhale, allow your body to relax. Once you feel you have exhaled enough, keep going. Use your diaphragm once more … Continue reading Breathe Deep, A One-Breath Meditation
A Place I Can Call Home Seems all my life I’ve been wandering, Days and nights the same. Maybe I’m just looking for someone Willing to share the pain. They say home is where the heart is, But I can’t find a place; Someone who knows how to forgive. Aren’t I deserving of some grace? For me it’s hard to find a mate, But I … Continue reading A Place I Can Call Home, a poem
This delicious recipe uses low-sugar ingredients to make it wonderful for your health and taste marvelous! After a brief discussion of the ingredients, I am including the quick yogurt version of the recipe, followed by the smoothie recipe. Try them both and let me know what you think! Benefits of ingredients: Greek yogurt has less whey than regular yogurt, and therefore “has even more protein … Continue reading Cinnamon Banana Yogurt/Smoothie Recipe
This recipe makes a sweet but nutrient-packed healthy desert or side dish. If I’m being honest, I usually end up eating both servings and calling it dinner because it’s too delicious not to. After a brief discussion of the ingredients, I will put the recipe below. Give it a try and let me know what you think! Benefits of ingredients: “Yellow squash is a type … Continue reading Cinnamon Apple Squash Recipe
This delicious recipe uses low-sugar ingredients to make it wonderful for your health and taste marvelous! After a brief discussion of the ingredients, I am including the quick yogurt version of the recipe, followed by the full smoothie recipe. Try them both and let me know what you think! Benefits of ingredients: Greek yogurt has less whey than regular yogurt, and therefore “has even more … Continue reading Cinnamon Blueberry Yogurt/Smoothie Recipe
Your life is a book. It’s your story. You write it every day. Did you know that? Have you taken control of the author or narrator’s role to move your own character through their story arch? Sometimes I forget that the things I do are the result of my own decisions. Sometimes I get angry or bored or frustrated with my life. We all are … Continue reading A New Chapter of Your Life
Ghosts and vampires, Picnic table ants, Memories both good and bad. Scary monsters, Sexy witch or nurse, Dressing for lives we never had. Halloween candy’s Long gone by ten. Wear your costume anyway. No one’s watching, But your future selves. Be your own fun today! Continue reading Dancing with Your Future Self
Cobblestones, Part 2 is posted!
“The girl asked, ‘What if life here, now, is not very good? What would keep unhappy people from just sort of … skipping ahead?'”
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Friends, I am told I might be worrying some of you… Continue reading Depressed, but still kicking
The old man whispered from the dark, Shadows hiding his intent. He urged the youth to embark. With palsied voice, hear what he said. – “Come you to the water’s edge. Come you to the line of trees. Come you step beyond the hedge. Think you ready now to leave. – “Grown men dream of freedom lost. Women of their wildest days. Boys they wish … Continue reading Cannot Stay, a story poem
Unheard Warnings Speaking loud into the ether, hoping that someone will hear. Shouting silent words of wisdom, unwrapped from my mortal fear. Know the history, heed its warning. Find it waiting for you there. In the winter, I will slumber; liken me to bear and squirrel. In the autumn, find me wishing always to be have been a girl. In the springtime, in the summer, … Continue reading Unheard Warnings, a poem
Although I like to be helpful, I find myself in the position to be abused more and more often. People do not understand the concept of kindness. I have found recently that people no longer think of me as helpful. Instead, they think of me as usable. But I refuse to be used. In the Space between being helpful and being used, there must be … Continue reading Break Glass in Case of Emergency
Someday When I wake, this I say, “Let me live my life today.” When I lay down, this I cry, “Let me live before I die.” Now I wake to the sun’s rays. I’d like to spend the hours at play. But money urges me to my desk. I won’t be getting any play or rest. Someday I’ll leave this job behind. I’ll find a … Continue reading Someday, a poem of hope and tears
Lucidity Lamb 