There are moments when life scares the shit out of me and there are moments when I fall to my knees in gratitude for the beauty that graces my life.
My guess? That’s not going to end. The “life scaring the shit out of me” piece will continue, maybe in different contexts as I move forward. I”m guessing that fear will live on until I return to whence I came and hopefully I can find out the scoop, if that’s what you do when you leave… who knows?
The way I see it, no one knows except those who have, literally, died then come back to life. Them? I trust. The others who claim to have the ear of God so “Please send me your money”— those guys? I don’t trust. How long have they been scamming people? Since the onset of time it seems. But the wise amongst us, who trust inner guidance rather than an outside source with selfish intentions, know that no one knows. We won’t know until we’re gone— for good. And maybe not even then. Maybe we’re never gone for good :O Again no one can tell us and I run from those who try.
Until my time comes I’ll hope for the best, keep the candle lit and be prepared when the shit comes flying. ‘Cause it will. You know it will. And that’s okay.
Have a good one and set an example—
Be good to yourself.
Maria Popova-- Change is Inevitable
“It can only be so — a person is less like a star, whose very chemistry, the source of its light, changes profoundly over its life-cycle, and more like a planet, like this planet, whose landscape changes over the ages but is always shaped by the geologic strata layered beneath, encoding everything the planet has been since its birth.”
Gene Roddenberry on War
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin
Marcus Garvey
Hear that book burners????
Elie Weisel on Gratitude
Walking the Path-- Always Walking the Path
Tricia Schwaba
Time Is of the Essence-- Poetry by Tricia
art source— anon
Time is of the essence, what does that mean?
Does it mean I’m running late? Need a change of scene?
Life whirled around me in my much younger years
Distracting me with chaos, calling in my fears.
In this present moment I feel free of the denial
That led me to nothing but shit stacked in a pile
True, time is of the essence but so is gratitude
Each day expressed, it shifts collective attitudes.
Our essence is a jewel mined from deep within
Clear of ancestral patterns, it can tell us how it is
Crack the stubborn shell stretching limbs to divine
We emerge from the dark of a weary, tired mind.
Tricia Schwaba, from the archives
Virginia Woolf
Todays Mind
Today is a day of great possibilities
—in my mind
I feel open to seeing the good
—in most areas of life
Including my, still strong, desire to
—heal and evolve
Lots of time left, in my mind
—today
Tricia
Georgia O'Keeffe on Observing
“To see takes time, like to have a friend takes time”
Jacques Lusseyran on Light
“Light cast a spell over me. I saw it everywhere I went and watched it by the hour… flowing over the surface of the houses in front of me and through the tunnel of the street to right and left. This light was not like the flow of water, but something more fleeting and numberless, for its source was everywhere. I liked seeing that the light came from nowhere in particular, but was an element just like air. We never ask ourselves where air comes from, for it is there and we are alive. With the sun it is the same thing.
There was no use my seeing the sun high up in the sky in its place in space at noon, since I was always searching for it elsewhere. I looked for it in the flickering of its beams, in the echo which, as a rule, we attribute only to sound, but which belongs to light in the same measure. Radiance multiplied, reflected itself from one window to the next, from a fragment of wall to cloud above. It entered into me, became part of me. I was eating sun.”
Starving for Love
Humanity is starving for love.
Please do your part to nourish it
Otherwise we’ll all be back here again
Let’s evolve shall we?
Tricia
In a Bad Mood?
Photo by Elliott Aaron From
Listen to some music to change your mood.
Take a walk to change your mood.
Go to a bakery and take in the scent to change your mood.
Eat something delicious to change your mood.
Take in the beauty of someone you love to change your mood.
Feel the essence of who you are to change your mood.
Help someone in need to change your mood.
Tell someone you love them to change your mood.
Love yourself more to change your mood.
Practice gratitude to change your mood.
You get the idea…
Tricia Schwaba August 31, 2023
It Really Is All About Love-- Summer Session Closing Thoughts
I leave you with these thoughts as we venture into the coolness of autumn
Take what you practice on the mat— off the mat— and into your life
Deep breaths, long limbs, lifted crowns, rooted stances that steady your days
Take your long spine and empowered core with you as you travel
Sink deep into the Earth when you feel untethered
Lift your crown to the heavens affirming the connection to all that is
Take your strength and flexibility into the most heated of days
Let your vibrancy be contagious, shining it when humanity feels dull
Lead with an open heart
Let your love spill out and heal this imperfect world.
And please remember, for this day and the days ahead—
It really is all about love.
Tricia Schwaba— August 30, 2023
Howard Thurman on Coming Alive
Art by Aashley Percival
