My whole life has been that way,
and along the journey,
there have been places where I felt I needed to be,
even places of evil, violence, and fear,
but I never dared to dream
that I would be where I am today,
which is really where I think I need to be
now.
Who knows what the future will bring?

my sense of whimsy . . .

ps. How did we come to associate this question
with death?

I think that aliveness
is alertness and presence,
while liveliness
is busy and active . . .
a good thing in itself,
totally absorbed,
but not really as present
as when you are more fully aware of the life you inhabit.

Suffering and grief
paved the way to gratitude . . .
before then
I don’t believe I really knew what gratitude really was.

I value the qualities found in every enlightened being I have ever found,
whether it be Siddhartha,
Christ,
Mohammad,
Ghandi,
Tich Nhat Hanh,
Charlotte Yoko Beck,
or the more numerous souls
who have been able to catch glimpses behind the veil,
and have shared their knowledge with me.
There are people in the world
who know things . . .
the benefits are beyond description.

. . . that weeds
are people too. 🙂

Everyone has a place in the world . . .
everyone has value,
everyone is beautiful in their own way,
everyone belongs . . .
somewhere,
somehow.

by finding beauty
in things I never thought were beautiful before . . .

. . . being here . . .
now . . .
learning how to hear the birds sing . . .

me too,
dear Michele . . . ♥

I love your story,
dear lasvistasjeanne. .♥

Your story resonates with mine,
a beautiful, wise life,
born of your tragedies,
dear Hermann-Josef…
perhaps one day
you will be drawn to Hospice.

I think it occurred to me later,
dear lasvistasjean . . . 🙂

♥

No one of us
gets through our lives
without suffering loss,
and I share you pain,
dear Barb…
The Telephone of the Wind
sounds lovely,
and as Nature does,
I’m sure it is a comfort to those who go there
feel healing within…
maybe the idea will spread
with love…
sparrow ♥
ps. I just realized that there are these ‘telephones’
in other parts of the world as well.

Thank you for sharing your kindness with me,
dear Barb…
none of us get through our lives
without suffering and pain,
but it helps to here it expressed from others…
your link does not work,
so I will google Telephone of the Wind.
Healing takes its own time
with love…
sparrow ♥

No one of us escapes grief and suffering,
dear Barb…
I feel for your losses.
The link didn’t work for me,
but I love the idea
of the Telephone of the Wind.
I will google it for more information.
I find solace in Nature always
and sense that you do too
with love…
sparrow ♥️

I do find peace in Mother Nature,
dear pkr . . .
be well,
and know all is well
with love…
sparrow ♥

My heart goes out to you,
Dear pkr
on the loss of your brother and your mother.
I too,
experienced this loss last fall…
my mother to cancer in October.
and my brother to covid in November.
Grief lies heavily on the soul…
the pain of it is palpable.
Nature is a balm,
and I am grateful you find some peace there.
Please know you are not alone…
I hold you close
with love…
sparrow ♥️

Yes.
dear Barb…
I think so too.