04/06/2025

"I hope that real love and truth

are stronger in the end than any

evil or misfortune in the world."

~Charles Dickens

Alas, I fear we use the word

love so loosely it is almost

meaningless.

   -Love your dress

   -Just love that actor

   -Love winter

   -Love nighttime

   -Love you

Do you love me as much as

that delish hamburger? Do

you love your children as

much as you love this meal?

Do you love your mate as

much as you love your car?

I'm making an effort to like

things and love people. It's

easy to forget as the love 

lingo has been with us for

years.

If, "I like your meal" isn't

strong enough, you could say,

"Your meal was excellent,

very enjoyable" or words to

that effect.

I'm watching myself; I want 

my love to mean something. 

When I tell you I love you,

'tis exactly what I mean!

04/05/2025

"Your soul already knows

the answer. You just have 

to be quiet enough to hear it

and brave enough to listen."

~Stacie Martin

Alas, methinks I'm guilty of

not listening. I keep my mind

busy . . . ever and always!

Can't help but wonder if that

might be because I'm afraid

of what I might hear!

   -Slow down and listen

   -Quiet your mind

   -Stop thinking

   -Listen to your heart beat

   -Let the wisdom in

God only knows what I might

learn if I just shut up, listened

and actually heard!

Get a grip and listen up, ld!!!

04/04/2025

"Turn off the news. Go

outside. Breathe. We were

not meant to carry the 

burden of the entire world."

Goddess Love

Methinks, I've not often

heard better advice . . .

I can live without the news;

make no mistake. I get that

it's important to know what's

going on. Still, it's rather what

makes us feel so burdened.

I'm not suggesting we live in

ignorance. We need to know

what's going on. What we

need is balance . . .

A bit of the know, a lot of the

fam and friends, a tad of our

great outdoors, and of course

minding our health.

By making certain that we've

a full plate with a serving of

everything, a balanced diet

occurs.

Word of advice from the most

unbalanced Libra I know . . .

Seek those bits and pieces that

make your life whole. Don't

just get bogged down in the

news!

04/03/2025

Methinks each of us should

know intimately our own

beliefs, our own code of

ethics. Think making lists

might help . . .

+Love, like, admire, enjoy,

adore . . .

 . . . friendship, reading,

eating, drinking, resting,

conversing

-Hate, deplore, despise, 

detest, abhor, loathe, dislike,

spit on . . .

 . . . vast wealth vs. poverty,

a sense of I'm better than you,

trash island in the ocean, 

littering

Quite the list, but it doesn't

please me. Sounds more like

a tantrum. I truly sense my

Pantheistic nature leads me

to this . . .

   -Mother Nature is sacred

   -reverence for all life

   -the divine within

I want to think about this.

Perhaps I should look at it

each morn upon awaking!

04/02/2025

"Women are taught to 

be too many things that

contradict each other, so

I've decided to just be

strange and powerful."

~Shatara Liora

Alas, methinks 'tis meant

to be humorous . . . but, in 

my mind it makes so much 

sense.

Perhaps, something to do

with so many trips around

the sun . . . 'bout 75 by now.

When I was a young lass,

the girls did inside work

and the boys, outside jobs.

Dads worked and moms

stayed home with babes

and housework.

I am ever so grateful that

my mom was proactive.

Went to college, worked

for the AEC, Atomic 

Energy Commission for

30 years, divvied up the

housework and still read

every night.

What an example! I get

that a great deal of who I

am today is down to her.

Dear God, please tell her

I am ever so grateful!

04/01/2025

"Life is so ironic . . .

it takes sadness to know 

what happiness is, noise 

to appreciate silence and

absence to value presence.

~A little bit witchy

~A little bit hippie

Alas, 'tis the truth.

Can't even begin to imagine;

we pay so little attention to

the positive 'til the negative

comes home to stay.

Perhaps, it's as easy as a look

around, seeing all that we've

to be grateful for. Maybe,

even making a gratitude list.

Family, friends, hearth and

home, apparel, transportation.

Does it get any better than

that?!

Frankly, I'm embarrassed to

see I don't give thanks more

often.

Truly, I am ever so grateful . . .