Month: November 2011

November 21, 2011 Link

Mike Frawley: Brand New You

mikefrawley:

Make the most of you today
live the life you’ve dreamed about

There’s a beauty deep within
now’s the time to let it out

Have a little faith in yourself
who can say what you can do

Don’t let doubt defeat your dreams
let them see the best of you

Remember you’re a Child of God
created to live…

Mike Frawley: Brand New You

November 20, 2011

takingstockofwhatmattersmost:

everyone knows
hearts are made of glass
and filled with love
some of tempered tough
some of fragile cracked
some mirrored reflective
and some
already broken
love leaking out
most are made of bits and pieces
and fragments and slivers
of all the broken hearts
that ever were
a piece from her
a shard from him
all placed back together
again
with hope
holding them all together
as the love refills
hearts made out of glass

Beautifully said, Kevin. Yes. That’s it exactly. Hope and Love. *big heartfelt sigh*

November 19, 2011

playin’ with fire

I’m playin’ with fire

dancin’ ever closer

stayin’ just out of reach

I’m playin’ with fire

turning back the clock

in my mind and heart

and remembering

I’m playin’ with fire

dredging up memories

best left buried deep

I’m playin’ with fire

hopin’ not to get burned

or burn another

I’m playin’ with fire

red, orange, yellow

bright blue glow

of the flame

as I stare

mesmerized

by what I see

I’m playin’ with fire

the danger attracts

I admit it

my rebellious side

isn’t quashed

yet

I’m playin’ with fire

drawn like a moth

to a flame

with memories

of you

OUCH!

Got too close

for just a moment

while I was

playin’ with fire

© 2011 Turquoise Tangles

November 19, 2011

Hi Janean. Philine here. Thank you so much for the reblog and also for the title. I love that. Sometimes it’s hard though but every now and then I try to remind myself that apart from quenching the thirsty soul of other people, I also need to quench my own. Have a lovely morning! : )

Philine,
Hope I didn’t overstep by adding a title to your words, with my 2¢ added, underneath. Oh, how your suggestion, reminder, prescription for living, spoke to me, as a daughter, sister, friend, wife, mother, teacher, and artist and writer too. My soul is thirsty, though thankfuly not as barren and dry as it once was, just a few short years ago. The order feels all mixed up somedays, on who gets what, when, and I don’t know where to start. It was a lovely morning here, with afternoon just begun and the evening still ahead. Thanks for writing. 🙂
~ Janean 

November 19, 2011

my thirsty soul

novicepen:

You offer overflowing love
to everyone else and
leave nothing for yourself

You hope to save
a lost soul
but you don’t even
know how to save
your own

You give too much
water to the thirsty
and forget about
the thirst in your throat

Now look in the mirror
and see what you’ve become
Remember that the
things you offer to people
you can offer yourself too

novicepen,
THANK YOU MUCH, for this beautiful reminder to feed our own soul. My mother’s advice is, “Put yourself on The List”. Several friends advised, “Boundaries”, when they noticed my thirsty soul, and then encouraged me to pursue the things that water it. Making and teaching art, and writing poetry and prose, is The Best Thirst Quencher In The World, for me. Art and Writing are My Oasis In The Desert.
~ Janean