Monday, May 6, 2013

Sakura, New Beginnings Take Flight...


The warm breeze soothes my soul; lifting every scent from the wild flowers, moss, ferns, bark, and trees, up to delight and pleasure my senses.  The butterflies join the menagerie, fluttering sweetly in the breeze, lifting, floating; feeding gently on the food the warmth of the day brings to the skies.  They drift mesmerizingly up to the light filtering through the tree tops and branches, creating a melody of color in the sky…

The river adds it’s rhythm and dances across the rocks, rushing and flying on white wings twirling and ever entwining, with speed and accuracy to where it desires to rest and swirl before it takes rise once again and rushes through to the beyond.   The voice in the melody sings clear and pure; it sings of a past,  a present, and the unknown, as it giggles and rushes off to join eternity….

Each step my foot takes on the path forwards is another door closing, another window opening.  I move to remember, I move to forget, I move to find truth and passion from deep within.   If I quiet the struggle within; I can see beauty, I can feel peace, I can remember what it is to dream again...

But how do I quiet the fight within me, I seem to have a worthy opponent, a foe that is very much matched to me in every wit, strength, skill and weakness.  I fight, I struggle, I toil, I fester and rot in anger, I can’t get ahead and can’t break away…  Then the light comes in and I see I am fighting with myself alone, no one else…  The reason I can’t win is because I know me all too well, and I won’t allow that, I am stronger than that…

The truth that I seek is this: Nobody and I mean nobody but me decides who I am or how I feel, unless I allow them to.  I am me, the only one there will ever be, whether I like it or not, it is time to move on and stop toiling in mindless tail chasing from fears, and lies spoken into me…  The pain from the past.  I decide who I am today and I decide how I feel each and every moment of the day, this is a glorious and noble gift truly wondrous to behold…

So do YOU behold each day, or are YOU held in the lies and fears of others thoughts regarding you…  Break away…  Dare to flutter up high into the tree tops where the light filters in so peacefully.   Soar with the light, merge with the light, you alone can decide how you want to feel, so decide, make up your mind, and then take flight….

After all, YOU are exactly what you believe…