one by one…

One by one,

we bloom.

Each on a

timetable

which bears

no relation to

the rest.

One by one,

we bloom.

~ clg ~

Remember this…

You are not broken.

You are unique.

You are not a burden.

You are a gift.

You are not lost.

You are a pathmaker.

You are not other.

You are a light.

You are not cracking.

You are opening…

only for a matter of days…

This extraordinary cluster of blooms shows up on my wisteria tree only for a matter of days.

It’s almost magical – the beauty, the structure, the way it bobs in the breeze. And then it’s gone.

It comes and it goes, leaving only a memory – and yet it is it’s own integral part of life.

Much like you, my friend. And much like me.

We are all welcome here, for a time.

for my mother…

 

You,

who gave me life

and,

so often,

took it away.

 

You came in the night,

more beautiful,

more radiant than

my eyes

could take in.

 

In the wee hours,

you sang to me,

untying all that

binds us,

letting me go.

 

There were

no words,

not really.

Just you

and me.

 

You

opened your heart

just as

you opened

mine.

 

Cleansing us both

of the fear

that kept us

small

for so long.

 

You

let me know

it was all

for

good.

 

And now,

it is time

to spread

our

wings.

 

You

sacrificed

us

for

the world.

 

~ clg ~

to you, with love…

When we bring love with us, there is nowhere we cannot go, no path we cannot follow, no soul we cannot reach.

~ clg ~

Find it…

Find that little flame inside you.

nurture it, encourage it.

Let it grow bigger than the you

you know.

This is what heals, creates, grows the world.

Find it in your children, in your home, all around you.

This – this incubation of the good inside us all…

this is truly what will change our way of living

and bring us all into a stronger, clearer, bigger way of

doing this thing we call “life”.

Find it.

Our work…

My work is to accept myself as I am, in this moment.

 

 

Not some thinner, more organized, streamlined future self

who may or may not magically appear one morning.

 

 

It’s to know that right here, right now,

I am allowed to love and be loved, just as I am. 

 

~clg

 

 

It’s time we all saw that, isn’t it?