Reconsider, Redefine, Rename
Tahquamenon Falls Photo: ESmith On paths of Consciousness, we all find our ways into Its process of Becoming and Being. Along this path we will encounter "3R" words, and they aren't the familiar reading, writing and arithmetic. These words will appear &...
Contrasts and Forecasts
If you live anywhere in the Midwest, you surely heard this in the last few days of January 2019! Outside, record breaking, brutal cold temps, miserable conditions! And then, you have experienced the contrast. Inside, blossoming mild temps, pleasant conditions. Now,...
I Am Free
I Am Free Photo: ESmith These are three simple words, " I Am Free" and it really begins with only the first two. This profundity is the hallmark of becoming a creator with Life and all the marvelous collaboration that goes with that. Merely, speaking these words...
The Belief of Believe
We have come to this time, in the closing of the year, when this season expresses itself in many ways, from material to spiritual, from head to heart, and one simple word that packs powerful energy... Believe! For the child full of wonder, Santa may be a symbol of...
Honor Thyself
Honor Thyself. This seems like a pretty straightforward concept. Generally, I think of myself as capable of grasping seemingly straightforward concepts, fairly, easily, but not this one. This one took some time. There were some fuzzy, fine lines between concepts of...
Communion
We all have had Communion in moments of Life. It may be described as to Commune, become One with the fullness of Presence. These are moments sprinkled here, there, everywhere, if we, but take notice. Some do it in a place of worship. Some do it nature. Some do it...
Two Lovers
They woke up on different sides of the bed. They went through their morning rituals separately. One looked out to the sky with a sense of wonder. The other surveyed and ordered the tasks of the day. They brushed against each other as their paths crossed. They moved...
Integration
We move through our phases of Life, like the moon with its waxing and waning, we, too, are the moon and its tides in the oceans of our emotions. Integration of Everything. Aware and thankful to be aware. Aware and understanding that it continues to deepen. It...
The Happy Man on the Corner
Detroit like many cities and towns has a large homeless population. Homeless individuals are a vast landscape on many street corners and in makeshift lean-to's in abandoned building entrances along parts of Jefferson Ave. Many individuals seek shelters and then...
Naked and Unadorned
Having lived a predominantly unconventional life and living what has felt like several lives in one, I recognize that while there seemingly have been detours that there has been a path that I have been carving out for myself all along. Many times in Life, I read,...
