the wisdom

You've always had the power right there in your shoes, you just had to learn it for yourself.

Frank L. Baum



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Misspent Youth

I have found myself running into the girl I used to be lately. You may think that must mean some carefree version of myself, untethered by serious adult themes but that would not be the case.
I’ve definitely gotten younger as I’ve gotten older.

What is More?

The Incredible Force and other childhood games.
Shove me into spectacular.

And genius—dip me in some genius.

Smack me with astonishing.

Elbow me into marvelous.

MORE.

Pitch Perfect Perspective

There are points in your life when you want things to be different and you feel like you don’t get much say in the matter. The all consuming desire for that which eludes you…

You Are Not Alone

Sometimes when I am painting, I think my canvas may bow in the middle like a cheap swing set—a result of all of the layers of paint that are resting on it.

Taking Down Those Fences

You are a puzzle, my friend, a fascinating puzzle. You are one surprise after another, just like those crazy Russian nesting dolls. You’ve been clever and intricate with how you’ve bound up that heart of yours.

And the Clock Says 4am

I’ve been waking up every morning between 4-430 for the last several months and I hate it. I’m tired. There is no reason for me to be up at the crack of ass.

Passion Play

Passion is such a ruling planet in all our lives–if we allow it.
My definition of passion has changed over the years. As a teenager, passion felt like wearing someone else’s shoes—

Re-establishing the Definition of You

If your life were a movie, would the audience walk out?
Is your main character poorly played—possibly tedious? Is the story line hard to follow or, worse yet, is it just boring?

Not Quite Ice But No Longer Water

There’s a soft center spot, a place where things have not fully come together, a sort of hazy Bermuda Triangle where change insists you shed something old and pick up something new.

There Is Enough For Everyone

There is a wind that kicks up in me on a regular basis—an enormous dust devil that obscures my view, a tornado that picks up my house but never sets it down gently. Do you feel it?