can you embrace the whispers of a beloved in waiting... waiting to drown in the memories “Half the night I waste in sighs, Half in dreams I sorrow after The delight of early skies; In a wakeful dose, I sorrow For the hand, the lips, the eyes, For the meeting of the morrow, The delight of happy laughter, The delight of low replies.” https://www.instagram.com/p/CBp0KEppuSV/?igshid=1gmvv4urdk87o

Do not regret, my love. Time only moves forward. Learn your lessons from the past, of course. Grieve over what you lost or never found, for sure. Make amends if the call. But you must step forward into your new life now. You have come so far and I am so proud of you! The challenges you have faced. The trauma you have been asked to heal. The terrors and embarrassments you have you feel fought your way through. Do not compare your progress with anyone else's. That would be to disrespect the unique expression of God that you are. You are not meant to be like them. You are meant to be like you. Flawed, original, irreplaceable, beautiful in your failures and in your successes too. You cannot step backward in time. You can only step forward from where you are. NOW is the perfect time to begin your new life. HERE is the perfect place from which to step - in fact, it is the only place from which you can step. Feel the solid ground under you now. See the vast sky above you. Let your past recede into memory. Feel the rush of creativity in your belly. You are in the perfect place for life!" ~ Jeff Foster https://www.instagram.com/p/CBptbFjJMJK/?igshid=1m5nvzh225w6k

''Inside a "I think of you" there is the silence of a thousand words.... There is a touching of souls... There is the whole universe, which becomes small.'' https://www.instagram.com/p/CBpsMUApSdt/?igshid=23c9w6z6q8um

When a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry, he or she enters a world where dreams transform the past into knowledge made applicable to the present, and where visions shape the present into extraordinary possibilities for the future. Aberjhani https://www.instagram.com/p/CBpozCsJ820/?igshid=stlfhjzo0ikj

Will I wake up Is it a dream I made up No I guess it's reality What will change us Or will we mess up Our only chance to connect With a dream Say a prayer for me I'm buried by the sound In a world of human Wreckage I'm lost and I'm found And I can't touch the Ground I'm plowed into the sound To see wide open With a head that's broken Hang a life on a tragedy Plow me under the ground That covers the message That is the seed Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Mike Cross / Tim Cross / Mark Dombroski / Joey Mazzola / Jimmy Paluzzi Plowed lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc, Spirit Music Group, BMG Rights Management https://www.instagram.com/p/CBpncKTp6-9/?igshid=gxcrk89rc110

There is something to be said about the vastness of the earth, as well as the vastness of the heavens, in reminding us how small we are and how great God's creation is. Aleksandra Layland https://www.instagram.com/p/CBpnL0upbXv/?igshid=1uzucy6ay6a50

When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ~ Audre Lorde [Art: Sophie Wilkins Arts] https://www.instagram.com/p/CBpmpmKJPuQ/?igshid=sjt6ra1i3ddk

To live from the relational center of your own chthonic particularity, your creaturely self, your deep mythos, is a radical act, especially at this time. You become the scattered splash of red paint that the hand of Mystery has streaked across a blank canvas. The risk of exposing your own cultural divergence and ecological emergence is great, but the risk of not is even greater. The task ahead of us is immense and may seem impossible. But we must learn to dream impossible dreams. We must break down beyond the concrete and pavement, descend through root systems and mycelium networks to where the beating soul of the world lives. We must humbly offer our failures and forgetfulness, our betrayals and small stories, and make a vow it would kill us to break. Go, now, and sit upon the Earth. Let all your animality come forward, and listen. Let any precipitation wash away your amnesia, and feel yourself remembered by the land’s embrace. Dream forth a ceremony where you say yes to Mystery, and ask for its guidance in where to begin. If you already sense where to begin, ask yourself what resources (psycho-spiritually, monetarily, communally, or otherwise) you will need. Then let your gaze drift along the periphery and out toward unimagined horizons. There is much work to be done, and the dream of you that is a dream within the dream of the Earth is no accident. Render yourself capable of dying at the jaws of a monster, so that you may live a new way of being into the world. Let the darkness and the moonlight lure you out of your burrow, and be dreamed awake. ~ Amanda Fiorino Wild Earth Medicine / The Urban Howl [Art: Tomasz Alen Kopera] https://www.instagram.com/p/CBpmkGEJWpf/?igshid=bcuiijv116mw

I am not lost, but I am on an uncertain path with only my conscience for compass. I trust it to not lead me astray, but I do not trust the wolves that howl from the edge of the woods. I fear they will devour me when my defenses fall, when I am distracted by exhaustion, worn from a long journey's day. -© E.Lucas -photo by © mikehoolboom https://www.instagram.com/p/CBpmXs0p9Ps/?igshid=1mo8e8oskdvh0

"Maybe you are searching in the branches for what only appears in the roots." -Rumi https://www.instagram.com/p/CBpmQL_J45w/?igshid=o72yxsz6voc7

"You're not going to be happy all the time. No one ever is. Sometimes you're just going to sort of exist, and that's okay. Learn to be satisfied with 'content' and 'calm' and 'not sad.' Not sad is good. Not sad is great." — happiness is awesome, but the universe doesn't revolve around a smile Art by: Mad Dog Jones ART https://www.instagram.com/p/CBphXeqJ2RT/?igshid=uh3tolkaiq3d

"Do not put up with passive agression. The people in your life should respect you enough to be straight forward with you. If someone does not come to you directly with an issue, it is not yours to fix. You can’t spend all your time picking apart your relationship with someone, searching for what you did, and blaming yourself when you don’t even know what for. It’s not fair for people to put you through that." — lovelysuggestions https://www.instagram.com/p/CBphIHtpBE_/?igshid=qxq63ea1mvgh

"You deserve to be in spaces and relationships that make you happy. That feed your soul and help you grow. You are worthy of connections that are loving, nourishing, kind, and authentic. So before you settle for anything less than, remind yourself that the places you visit, and the people you journey with through life, should make you feel safe, loved, and enough." — Alex Elle https://www.instagram.com/p/CBphDvJpFGw/?igshid=1oq8y0m0e3gqr

"It’s become very apparent to me that the older you are the less praise you’re going to get. When you’re 3 and you paint a picture outside the lines, they give you gold stars. When you’re 10 and you score a goal, they take you out for ice-cream. But when you’re 17 and struggling to fit in, no one gives you a hug just for making it through the day. And when you’re 23 and pulling long hours at the office, no one asks if you’re alright. And you start to wonder if you are, if there’s a point to any of it. The answer is yes. Because good work, real good work that shapes your character, doesn’t need to be acknowledged. You grow in the silences, in the reflections, in the inhales and exhales that let you know you’ve made it from one moment to the other." #SpilledThoughts — Pat yourself on the back, you've got hands. https://www.instagram.com/p/CBpgiIuJUl0/?igshid=2tuy0v3j892n

“As you get older you start doing things in reverse. You start cutting people out from your life. Your Christmas list becomes practically nonexistent. You don’t need to be the first in line for everything. You take less pictures because some memories are best kept in your heart and not your hard drive. And instead of looking for love, you dig for it from within.” https://www.instagram.com/p/CBpgSMNJI79/?igshid=15fs7n2ti2ce5

"Right now, there are people all over the world who are just like you. They’re lonely. They’re missing somebody. They're hurt. They're scarred from their past. They're having personal issues no one knows about. They have secrets you wouldn't believe. They wish and they dream and they hope. They wish things will get better, and life starts going the way they want it. They look out the window whenever they’re in the car or on a bus or a train and they watch the people on the streets and wonder what they've been through. They wonder if there are people out there like them. They’re like you, and you could tell them everything and they would understand. You're never alone." #SpilledThoughts — Daniel Amos Art by: instagram.com/456log https://www.instagram.com/p/CBpgKdWJpoj/?igshid=c2ffhjzq3c42

There is a road, no simple highway Between the dawn and the dark of night And if you go, no one may follow That path is for your steps alone Grateful Dead (Ripple) Don't be scared to walk alone. Don't be scared to like it. John Mayer https://www.instagram.com/p/CBpen6NpGS9/?igshid=s01s6fw8qt5m