Month: February 2025

Soaring To New Heights

Thoughts from the Spiritual Companion Page

Feet grounded in now
I seek to fly to then
To heights beyond my imagining
To see from above
To soar in freedom
As I release my feet from the anchor of earth
And trust I will return refreshed and renewed,
My spirit carrying both the wisdom of the heights
And the memory of solid ground.

Many are experiencing a very human desire to escape the difficulties that arise in these days of constant change. We at times need to step away to gain perspective and find a bit of balance that helps us ground in our breath, rest our nervous system, and experience moments of respite and renewal. Wishing each of us these moments through actual travel, meditation, guided imagery, reflection, contemplation, dance, art, or any of the many ways available to us to lift our spirit and let it soar.

And so it is…

A Universal Prayer of Hope

What if there were a prayer
like an incantation,
one to be recited,
or sung—if you could carry a tune—
echoing around the world
like the wood pigeon’s call,
five notes radiating 
as light rays fill the sky 
announcing: “Morning has arrived”. 

What if, I ask, because I wonder
what might bloom in our hearts
if we held five words
to lift us into the dawn—
could they luminate our path
through starless nights
of change, surprise, and dread
where daily news suspends us
in silent, trembling pause?

Focus. Sing out. A clear message.

One that says: 
Lift your hearts today.
Let love be your guide.
My joy illuminates.

Could we, in unison,
each in our own language of hope,
sing until certainty rises 
that dawn has arrived,
and all are bathed in new light.

Could we sing together
and dispel the darkness
that seeps through shadowed corners,
permeating rooms of despair?
Could we try?

There lies hope:
Our one honest prayer of life.
Together we could light
the universe.
Ongoing Reading List for Mind and Heart

Belief or Letting Go

Formed knowing it will meet a crushing wave,
she dedicates herself to what brings her joy.
Though words may scatter like spray in the wind,
through uncertainty and half-formed understanding,
I persist until that moment of clarity—
"Ah, I see!"— throws open my heart's door.
I press forward with words and images,
offering my spirit in this moment 
to the welcoming ocean.
Ongoing Reading for Heart and Mind

The Sun Rises

Today we finally have a connected site for my blog, art, spiritual companion information, and a soon to be better functioning shop page. It has been 6 weeks of up and down, uncertainty, then certainty, then back to frustration. A big thanks to my nephew, Aaron, for all his hard work. It has been a few hours and I am still trying to take it in and trust it.

Migration out of WP is not easy, not what I expected, and not strait-forward but I am hopeful it will be worth it in the end. If nothing else, I have defiantly learned a great deal about what goes on behind the scenes of a wordpress page. Did I really want to know???

I am sending out this post to make sure my email subscribers are receiving an email, I show up in the reader, and that I show up in the socials. If you are missing your normal way of receiving a post from me, especially via email, please let me know. Many emails were dropped in the process and listed as blocked. I will be working on that from my end as well.

I will be back next Sunday with a regular scheduled post. Yay!

Janis

Unfold the Heart

The world over,
wherever we roam—
sea or mountain,
snow or sand—
may we unfold our hearts 
and breathe in what dwells before us.

Even in devstation,
we glimpse a lone caterpillar
or a single mushroom,
yearning toward light and pressing
forward into new life,
and we pause this moment 
to witness it all.

Sure as the heart cycles through
sorrow then joy 
in seeing the sky unfurled above, 
or the quiet grace of drawing 
breath after breath, 
we claim what is ours to experience, 
in this moment, the only one.