small changes make big differences small things like remembering to breathe deeply to smile to say hi to the people around you to make people laugh to share share food share time share thoughts to make plans to brighten someone’s day to acknowledge where you’re having trouble to know yourself to try something new to…
Author: bjwany
I am a writer and a martial artist.
What interests me is searching within.
dedicated to practice
to showing up to moving forward despite injuries or illness to discovering something deep within hidden potential pure will to never saying no to never quitting to not believing that the odds are stacked against you to betting on yourself to incessant curiosity creativity to the space to experiment to experience to wonder to waiting…
one request
when the moon comes out tonight i ask for stories for songs for the kind that heals and because they are needed i ask for moments of recognition of hope and inspiration where we remember our power to change to transform to grow to shift to nurture and we remember that deep underneath everything there…
long shadows by the yellow flowers
drive down the highway into light on the horizon casts a long shadow purple at the edges dust picks up from hills and the scent of the trees in the window when you drive never alone only solitary in thought for a moment before landscape beautiful and haunting at the same time wind is you…
skipping stones
skipping stones across the pond and we try to get as many jumps as we can 2 3 5 8 10 at a certain point it looks as if the stone is just skidding across the water light at an angle low and a permeating orangy blue hangs in the air we make ripples and…
and when that song comes on
sound machine radiating music out to the world straight to the bottom of the ocean creates this ripple effect you can see it move in slow motion or backwards never know where you’re going but it’s bouncy it bends and tests your balance as the bass goes down and when you find the right note…
growing pains
sometimes i think that when i tirn corners in my life when i turn and drift into the curve and suddenly you are neither here nor there you are you are in between and in this space nausea discomfort a feeling of faint but i’m still standing remembering that what is painful is real and…
the things i’ve learned
how to smile when times are tough how to tie my shoelaces how to tie my shoelaces so it looks like one solid lace how to look up when i walk how to tell a crow from a raven how to give feedback so that others hear with an open mind how to open my…
lately
lately like an fire that can’t be put out like a high-pitched sound you can barely hear like sand in your shoe when you walk lately like the thoughts out-number the actions like negativity finds a way to seep into everything like there is no rest; only time lately like every day is…
The stuff legends are made of
It is easy to practice To give service When everything is just so Nice calm day Sunny skies People smiling Being respectful Looking out for one another with compassionate hearts When you hear, feel, and see the value of the good work you do On those days, practice and service is a joy Is a…
The Dynamics of Groove 