Beauty in Nature

While taking my son to school yesterday morning this beautiful rainbow appeared before our eyes. What a glorious way to start the day!!!

Coming Home To Me

Coming into my own
Is like coming home
To a place I've never known
Discovering who I am
For the first time
So much beauty for me to find
Wrapped up in the discovery
That is all mine
Living and loving in the present
No longer recognizing
The past that bound my existence
Embracing the moments
That surround me
A flower awakening to the new dawn
Showered with sunshine and essence
A soul filled
A heart void of emptiness
Restraints a thing of the past
A mind free at long last
A body flowing
Energy abound
I have found
The path
That will take me home
To a place I've never known
Yes, I am coming home
Coming home to me
Finally!

~RMB

The only way out is through...

Unpleasant as it may be
Creating a stronger
More balanced
Me

Flooded with memories
Long ago buried
Staring me in the face
No denying

The pain
Resurfacing
Almost too much to bear

The burden so hard
To carry

Restraining

A heart that's tearing

Releasing

Pressure increasing

Promises of beauty
Being loved so completely
Wanting it so desperately
Mine for the taking

Suddenly
All so clear
In order to take the path
I choose

The only way out
Is through
I've found

The only way out
Is through

~RMB

Turning a corner...

Traveling down the road
With my safety net in tow
Two lanes no longer one
Merge to the right
And follow the path
I've always known
Choose to go left
And live on Faith and Trust
To show me the way
Sit and ponder awhile
Only one option, this I know
Nothing will take away
The love I felt
Although it's time to acknowledge
It was not real
Full of lies and make believe
Take my cart
And tentatively
Put one foot in front of the other
Without looking back
Each little step
Will make me feel stronger
Cutting the strings
To walk on my own
Rainbow in the sky
Guiding me home
To a love of self
I've never known
Tough love opened my eyes
To a world of wonder
Filled with surprise
Turning a corner
In this journey
I am on
Believing I will be shown
The steps I need to take
Until then
I will rejoice in
The new found smile
Upon my face

~RMB

I Surrender

I surrender
What I can't control
I surrender
The love that has grown cold
I surrender
The thoughts clouding my mind
I surrender
The me I can't seem to find
I surrender
What was lost and never found
I surrender
With my feet upon the ground
I surrender
My heart that aches inside
I surrender
My ego and my pride
I surrender
All that was and will never be
I surrender
The you that was not for me
I surrender
The trespasses and mistakes
I surrender
The truths I did not make
I surrender
The good times and the bad
I surrender
The childhood I never had
I surrender
Today for my tomorrow
I surrender
My pain and my sorrow
I surrender
For the little girl in me
I surrender
Knowing it will set me free

~RMB

Self Love

Seven Elephants Living Freely Like Other Valiant Elephants!

What is interesting about that statement is how hard my mind worked to come up with a way to remember Self Love. To some it wouldn't even be a thought that entered their mind. When one doesn't have self-love though, and are trying so hard to get/find it, it's a funny thing what the mind will do to remind one of it.

Interestingly, elephants symbolize the emergence of one's Highest True Self and the number 7 symbolizes perfection and completion. Valiant of course means brave.

So, if I were to analyze the rhyme I came up with, I would say it is very significant to this part of my journey. Sometimes the mind sees what the heart or self can't.

Super cool!!!

Present in this moment...

Here I am in this "woe is me" state and I have to stop, be present in this moment, and acknowledge that I have so much to be grateful for. I have been so blessed and I have a choice as to where I am going to focus my energies.

What I have to be grateful for:

My eyesight
My hearing
My limbs
My heart
My health
That I have food to eat
A roof over my head
Clothes on my back
Shoes on my feet (flip flops actually)
A bed to sleep in at night
A job
A truly wonderful son
That I have a car
People who care about me
That I can read and write
That I can think
And feel
And smell
And taste
That I have teeth
That I am alive!

In life, you win some and you lose some. Being able to walk away having been able to love another is a gift. I truly believe different people have been put in our lives for a reason. To help us grow, change and learn about ourselves. We all have things in our life that maybe could've been said or been done differently. We have had people that we've hurt or been hurt by. We are human. And what matters in this moment right now is that we release the past and that which we cannot change. That we are true to ourselves going forward. And that we are present in this moment, recognizing the beauty within us and around us. And to trust that we are where we need to be right now.

Amen!