#9

symptoms: constantly running in some respects a good thing constantly turning and thinking and speculating you try to hold it in your mind but it transforms into something else diagnosis: i see now that you have trouble being stationary do you feel as though you are carrying something you can’t get rid of? an invisible…

#5

more confused than angry more stuffed away than needing to speak more afraid of meaning than feeling more resentful than righteous more betrayed than mistrustful more disgusted than indulgent more agitated more disappointed more hurt more angry about the understanding than the experiencing such a fleeting moment it lingers longer than is comfortable then is…

pay attention

to the way in which despite the cuts from endless sources the emerging growth an interruption of thought glimmers softly along your walk please pay close attention

Commitment

I took a trip to Minnesota recently that came with a lot of unexpected detours. I went to celebrate my grandmother's 90th birthday and as the second stop on the Jwanouskos Ramos Wedding Celebration Tour. We had an amazing time seeing the beautiful lakes and forest areas. So green compared to California! However, the time…

the many little things of today

went a new way today discovered a surreal plant discovered how one street was connected to another did many small things that i hope will have an impact felt better when i left  than i did as i entered taking a deep breath here we go found ways to help those around me found little…

winds of change

swirls the hair into the air it moves and whips up into an invisible tornado keep moving can’t dodge it can’t face it head on without been blown away couldn’t even reach out suddenly burst into fits of laughter  at being pushed by this wind changing direction keep going and you take a different path…

storm

you underestimate us you think you know  but you don’t know you get over-confident but we stay working  stay building  you try to trick us make us think we’re not capable  that we have no choice  that we will be ruled by fear and hate but we are not we know how to survive  we…

to move mountains

maybe the immediate pain could trigger a release that would be so much greater than the miniscule point experienced and you would see the kind of shift that would move mountains and then you would truly know you are capable of so much

small things

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…

self

out of the corner of my eye there was a girl in the mirror today but i did a double take thinking it was me i realized i didn’t know her i realized it was someone different but each time i looked up  the girl was so familiar and i thought is this what my…