Cutting ties…

My Mind erases all the past
it crumbles away like day olds

Free I am
Free I’ll be
Healing is me now

Strong tall and straight
I stand
The Future holds me
in high regard

Much to do
Many yet to love
Messages yet to be delivered

Love flows through & as me
I transform before my eyes

My truth shines
Deep within it once hid
Radiating a new shade of happiness

I am free
I set myself free

(c) 2009 Tammy Younker

Life’s Little Favorite Things

We all have bad days, and we all have good days but what I have found to be perfect in changing a bad day or a so-so day into a great day is a freshly picked handful of raspberries.  It is one of the tiniest things that brings me such great pleasure.   The world goes away for a moment or two and life is perfect, still and silent.  It is one of the rare moments where I can BE present.

The next of life’s little things is….. wait for it….. a finely crafted cupcake.  Prepare yourself!  What you are about to see below is LoVE for me……  I think I have fallen in love….

What sounds better than a lemon pound cake beautifully topped with raspberry butter cream icing and a perfectly placed black berry of mother natures best???

Yes… perhaps…. a little over board…. in love with a cupcake, but alas, the joy I get from savouring every last crumb makes ANY day fabulous!

I think we spend so much time not loving the little things – my dear friend today shared that her most joyful/spiritual moments where the times she was child like – frolicking at the beach, making mud pies, laughing till you ache.  I agree with her.

As we get older and ‘life’ picks us up into the whurl wind, take a look around and find those child like, silly little things that bring you joy.  Embrace your inner child and take her out for a mud pie… or better yet a cupcake.

Live life…..with a little icing on top

Acceptance

“When we superimpose our ’stories’ upon what is beautiful, fear happens.  Then we question what we believe about reality.  To argue with reality, I argue with God….. and I always lose.”

Byron Katie

Only Human post 2

which way to go?
the darkness within haunts me
wrapped up in my head
crippled by the thoughts

feeling lost alone and isolated
only way out is through the storm
through the darkness

Not wanting to be swallowed whole
i linger on the shore
looking for a clear day

cliff behind, waves before me
all the while Peace looks back at me
as i look out over the waves

Am i ready to swim?
doubt i am strong enough
will the surf crash me against the rocks?
will the water be cold?
will it spit me out like a limp fish?

kisses from the wind
encourage me on
like the embrace of an angel

skeletons of those who have gone before me
reminds me that not all survive
or wish to…

On the shore casting my fears aside
moving forward not wanting to look down

run..
free
be me…
keep looking ahead

waist deep
weeds entangle my legs
ghosts of those before
warning

pleading…. be shore bound..

faint kisses from a distance
urge me to swim
forward
peace ahead like an island
promising rest and reward….

(c) Tammy Younker 2009

Only Human post 1

Your eyes never lie
I see the words behind them
always left out
never letting me in
a wall of thoughts keep us separated

both pleading for more
unable to be real
our lives past & present keep us standing still

Heart aching
wising to speak

pain distance and lost love
Speak your heart…

(c) 2009 Tammy Younker

Good Morning!

Good morning starshine
The earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below

Good morning starshine
You lead us along
My love and me as we sing
Our early morning singing song

Must be the sunshine outside today…or could be the fact I woke up this morning singing this song. I’m taking it as a very good sign on how my weekend will go.

Here is my favorite rendition.

Now you can sing along with me.

Happy Saturday,

Ty

Gandhi

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it – always.”
- Mahatma Gandhi

Creative Writing

Creation is effortless.  Our own creation is effortless, but why do we struggle?  We live in union with the universal source, the omnipresence, all powerful conscious creator.

Flowers bloom, trees explode in freshness and color. 

Patiently we wait for tomorrow anticipation it to be better than today.

Standing here in worry about tomorrow and the days ahead.  Standing here in regret about what I didn’t or did do yesterday.  Guidance given but ignored.  Panic, fear, worry, stress, agitation, hurry up, running out to time….LIVE, make a decision!

Creativity flows, ideas flow stronger…overwhelm settling in….who will execute all of these ideas?? Is there enought time to get all this done before i’m done?

Balance

“That devotee who looks upon friend and foe with equal regard, who is not buoyed up by praise nor cast down by blame, alike in heat and cold, pleasure and pain, free from selfish attachments, the same in honor and dishonor, quiet, ever full, in harmony everywhere, firm in faith – such a one is dear to me.”

Bhagavad Gita

The Importance of being Earnest

What an inspired life! Joy, laughter and admiration for the team of actors presenting at the Montgomery Theatre in Cavendish this summer. I had the delight of watching the wonderful presentation of “The Importance of being Earnest” last week. A spectacular family production and am saddened the theatre will be closing early this year. The last show is Sunday the 10th at 7:30.

I encourage you to get inspired and go out to your local theatre and support their efforts to transport and entertain us.

Off to the last show to see it all again!

Ty