Drifting
Sit down on this driftwood log,
listen to waves swishing in and out.
Feel their rhythm coordinate with
blood jiving through your veins.
Let your mind wander; imagine
yourself on a magic carpet skirting
the water close enough to let
your fingertips touch a tepid sea.
You are an albatross spreading
wide wings to circle the ocean, seeing
an endless horizon of possibilities.
Drop judgments and anger into the sea.
Breathe in hope, peace and serenity.
You feel energized, content and
ready for a safe landing on a
newfound shore of the mind.
by Norma Wightman
โIf you saw her in these moments, you might think she was collecting her thoughts in order to go forward. But I see it another way: Her mind is being overwhelmed by two processes that must simultaneously proceed at full steam. One is to deal with and live in the present world. The other is to re-experience and mourn something that happened long ago.โ
โThere are many days when all the awful things that happen make you sick at heart, when the path before you is so steep you canโt bear to look. Not even love can rescue a person from that.โ
โI salute the light within your eyes where the whole universe dwells. For when you are at that center within you and I am that place within me, we shall be one.โ ~ Crazy Horse, Oglala Lakota Sioux
"So therefore I dedicate myself to myself, to my art, my sleep, my dreams, my labors, my suffrances, my loneliness, my unique madness, my endless absorption and hunger because I cannot dedicate myself to any fellow being."