life

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There are many times I question

What is real in this world

What is our purpose for being here

What is it we are meant to be doing

Today those questions were answered

I saw and experienced what life is all about

Connecting with each other

Creating memories

Telling stories

Laughing about the past, the good times and the bad

Expressing appreciation

Drying tears from each others eyes

Standing next to one another

Holding hands

Giving a hug, and deeply feeling the embrace

It was a sad day

But there was so much love

The support that was shown for one another

Opened my heart

And showed me that life is about being there

Together

In the moment with each other

Soaking it in

Appreciating the beauty

And fully living this life

We need one another

In times of sadness and in times of joy

We need to laugh with each other

Go for walks

Open our hearts

Do silly things

Cry when we need to

And just be there

With each other

And for each other

Life is such a mystery

Nothing is guaranteed

And nothing is certain

But right here, right now

We can just be who we are

And fall deeply into the connections

That encircle us

These friendships that fill our life with love

setting the table

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What is it you are looking to create?

What mark do you want to leave on the world?

The table is empty

Ready for you to set it

With whatever way you desire

How do you want to invite people in?

So that they come and sit down, staying awhile

To share their dreams

Whisper their inner most desires

And work together to scheme up ideas to make them come true

There are no rules

Nothing is off limits

The table is clean

Ready to be created upon

What do you want to create here?

How will you bring yourself to the table?

being present

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All to often we want to rush things along

Push them through as quickly as we can

Never really giving it the thought or the moment that it needs

To grow

To evolve

To just be

We have learned to want things now

And not let them naturally progress

Stew into what they can become

We have become so impatient with the process

Only craving results

By doing this we miss the lessons along the way

We miss learning how things come together

How they bend and form into a new shapes

We also miss our chance to just be

In that uncomfortable place

Allowing the uncertainty of life to propel us

You cannot force things to happen

Or create the perfect situation for something to grow and bloom

All you can do

Is just be, in the moment

Open to the idea that anything is possible

If you give it space and room to grow and breathe

When you try to hold on tightly

When you try to force the situation

Then you have lost

You have to just be

Exactly where you are

Learning from the uncomfortable feelings

Leaning into the uncertainty

And trusting that it will unfold just as it is meant to

You have to just be present in the world

summer fun

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I have not been around here all that often lately

Which leaves me to missing all of you

But it is summer time

And as soon as the air starts to warm up

My feet find there way outside

And it is hard to get them back in

I have been soaking in all the beauty

That summer time has to offer

And my pen has been on vacation

From making its way across the paper

Maybe it will return soon

Well rested

And ready to write

Until then I will continue to soak it all in

the moments

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It is the small unexpected moments in life

The ones that naturally unfold

Simply because you are living the life you are meant to be living

When you are doing that

Life opens up to you

The sun shines down

The warm air caresses your face

And you soak it all in

Moment after moment

You live it

Breathe it in

Feel deep in your soul how lucky you are

And know that you are traveling down the right path