January 20 - Inauguration Day

Today President Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States...inspiring hope for our world.

" We have chosen hope over fear."

I read in a blog that his name in its Arabic origin means "flow of divine grace." Perfect.

AUTUMN

Urge me to drop every leaf I don't need

Every task or habit I repeat past its season

Every sorrow I rehearse

Each unfulfilled hope I recall

Every person or possesion to which I cling ~

Until my branches are bare

Until I hold fast to nothing.

Tutor me through straining night winds

In the passion of moan and pant,

The gift of letting go at the moment of most abundance

In the way of falling apples, figs, maple leaves, pecans.

Show me the way of dying in glorious boldness ~

Yellow, gold, orange, rust, red, burgandy.

Monza Noff

NEW YEAR - 2009

My chosen word for 2009 is CREATE...to include CREATING my SELF with more authenticity. Now if I can just remember my username and password I might be able to be more CREATIVE with this blog!

A Favourite from Rod McKuen

There is no single day or time

within the life

I've so far lived

that I'd have changed or altered.

Possibly there are some days

I could have missed

and never missed,

but I suspect that I could not

have come down to this place a different way.

As I suspect that being here

I don't as yet know where I am.

Ekhart's Wisdom

Perfect wisdom from STILLNESS SPEAKS:

Leave Life alone. Let it be.

Tongue in Cheek

I am a faithful follower of Corey Amos' blog: Tongue in Cheek. She is gifted with making the ordinary "extraordinary" and is a true inspiration to all of us who are transformed by both her photographic skills and her wordmanship. She is inspiring me to get back to my own poetry.

COURAGE

At the beginning of this new year, I encountered a blog which suggested that you choose a word that will become Your Word for the year. My Inner Voice immediately spoke COURAGE - so that is my personal mantra for 2008. It is a perfect choice for it is an attribute that I feel I have not embraced for most of my lifetime. I might as well venture forth into my sixty-second year with that empowering word on my lips... and see what manifests!

Above the computer is this quote from Christopher Robin to Pooh - what better mentor for my new found COURAGE:

You're braver than you believe,

and stronger than you seem,

and smarter than you think.