que sera

Right now I want to...

run through the sprinklers with warm grass tickling the soles of my
bare feet
blow bubbles that reflect prisms in the sunlight
dive into a bright blue pool and relish the slight chill of the water
against my skin in contrast to the scalding surrounding air
skip two months ahead and pretend that it will bring me paradise
fall back in time and be five years old in my backyard
and know that everything in the world will be okay

if I can just stay in this moment a little longer.

joy-full

One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar.
- Helen Keller.

don't fool yourself

Thank you Rilo Kiley for this wonderful song. . .

whisper

I love this song and the message--although I think I listened to it 100x before I realized what it was saying. Gorgeous.

More Adventurous

I'm a new fan of G.K. Chesterton

"Some consider such romantic views of flood or fire slightly lacking in reality. But really this romantic view of such inconveniences is quite as practical as the other. The true optimist who sees in such things an opportunity for enjoyment is quite as logical and much more sensible than the ordinary "indignant Ratepayer" who sees in them an opportunity for grumbling. . . . An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience only an adventure wrongly considered."

from On Running After One's Hat

***read this lovely essay (and many more) on Quotidiana.org

Are we human or are we dancer?

Pay my respects to grace and virtue
Send my condolences to good
Give my regards to soul and romance,
They always did the best they could
And so long to devotion
You taught me everything I know
Wave goodbye
Wish me well...
You've gotta let me go
- Human, the killers

I've been listening to this song over and over today (I'm not even sure why this song, really) and I've been wondering...

I believe in a Heavenly Father who loves us and has a plan for His children on earth. And part of that faith is that life doesn't end when we die. I know that we go on, all of us, and we have hope of life that not only lasts for eternity, but is full of grace and beauty and peace and joy and creation and love and family and divinity.
I know this.

So I just wonder, why is it still so hard to let go?

This week I found out that an amazing man--Gary Bryner--has decided to end his battle with cancer and turn his life over to the Savior. His faith and courage inspire me. He has taught me so much about what it is to love the people of the world and to truly turn your life over to service. I will always be grateful for the light and goodness that he has shared with me over the past year, and with so many others throughout his life. I do not know how much longer he has, though I know it isn't long, but I know that he will leave the world a better place for the life he has lived.

Is there anything greater that can be said of a human life?

This one goes out to the ones I love

Today it rained.
And I wanted to complain until my friend said
"it's just enough to clear the air a little"
and I realized,
sometimes we need a little rain

. . . and a few tears . . .

just to clear the air

and afterward, with purified vision, we will start to see everything that was covered with the dust of daily life.

So today I am grateful for rain and for everything that has been made clean.