i'm back

i just got back from a place where you remember to breathe deeply and slowly, where only the trees bear witness to your living, and you realize you really are connected to all of life.  a place where you can put whatever heaviness you've been carrying into the river and it will carry it for you, no questions asked.  a place where everything around you makes you feel so incredibly small and yet that smallness seems to hold so much significance.  a place where your body comes alive and all you have to do all day long is watch the petals of a wildflower bend and curve.  a place where you realize exactly why you will always believe that god exists, where you remember what it means to pray, and grace falls from the sky as freely as the rain.  a place where the rocks listen to your stories and the earth welcomes your tears.  a place where you can write and write and write until you connect with yourself again.  a place where your eyes, which have been empty, are finally filled with beauty.  a place that's perfect for starting over and trying again.  a place that has the power to make you remember your voice, your vision and your power.  i just got back from a place where you could easily disappear but for the first time in a very, very long time you actually don't want to.

Comments

[Delia]

Welcome...I hope you carry some of that stillness with you.
Love,
D.

[Jamie]

Welcome home.

I wish I could journey to that place. Your descriptions were delicious.

[kim]

welcome back from paradise!

[Angela]

places like these are gifts. beautiful descriptions, welcome home :)

[Sam]

I love reading this...especially loving the image of the river carrying away your burdens...you know I can't always manage to comment these days but I'm always reading...one way or the other!

[Sam]

I love reading this...especially loving the image of the river carrying away your burdens...you know I can't always manage to comment these days but I'm always reading...one way or the other!

[Sam]

I love reading this...especially loving the image of the river carrying away your burdens...you know I can't always manage to comment these days but I'm always reading...one way or the other!

[aola]

I can't wait to see pictures!
I love Colorado.

[Star]

Remember that place in your heart; you will surely want to return.

It's good to have you back :)

[kelly]

morning girlie....welcome home.
i went outside last nite and
drew on my fence with sidewalk chalk [patio] like the image you shared awhile back. oh i needed to do that!

next is true paint.

[Lee]

Sounds wonderful. And wonder-full.

[Kirsten Michelle]

welcome home, michelle ;-)