Start where you Stand

Start where you stand and never mind the past,

The past won't help you in beginning anew,

If you have left it all behind at last

Why, that's enough, you're done with it, you're through;

This is another chapter in the book,

This is another race that you have planned,

Don't give the vanished days a backward look,

Start where you stand.

The world won't care about your old defeats

If you can start anew and win success,

The future is your time, and time is fleeting,

There is much of work and strain and stress;

Forget the buried woes and dead despairs,

Here is a brand new trial right at hand,

The future is for him who does and dares,

Start where you stand.

Old failures will not halt, old triumphs aid,

Today's the thing, tomorrow will soon be,

Get in the fight and face it unafraid,

And leave the past to history;

What has been, has been; yesterday is dead

And by it you are neither blessed nor banned,

Take courage, be brave and drive ahead,

Start where you stand.

Berton Braley

FreeBird - an update

Strange, that the backdrop to this blog is that of my last blog "Free Bird", not really........I do not find it strange that today I came into the open garage to find a lone bird trapped inside. I frightened it and as it flew around the top of the garage trying to find it's way out, it bumped and banged into the walls. I tried to calm it, talk to it and assist it in finding it's way back to freedom (not a little unlike what I do for myself everyday). This was another sign for me (I know, how many can there be?) Many and many more where that came from...nothing is of coincidence to me......I can see within that experience in the moment, my own struggle at banging my head against walls of places where I don't belong.....finally and apparently for no reason at all the bird came down to a lower elevation and flew out the garage door, not before quickly flying by my head in a quick good-bye as it flew off into freedom on my front lawn to find a worm.......as far as omens go.......I believe this was just a little reminder to me that while we are all free, we can sometimes get lost within that freedom, losing our way, after a little while of banging into things somehow we find our way back to the place we belong...........a little banged up but happy and content to be back in flight in the right direction..........Namaste

Free Bird

I dwell in a tiny little part of the universe that has a backyard with well established, nourished trees and amongst those trees the birds love to sing and play...............................................

Bluejays, Robins, Crows, Love Birds and a multitude of others.

I love to sit and listen and watch as this reminds me of what it truly means to

"SING YOUR OWN SONG" and 'FREE FALL"............

if you never spread your own wings how will you know if you can 'FLY'?

Nature shows us in every moment of every day that even through change you can still 'BE' free.

Stick to the basics, the laws of nature...... 'BE TRUE TO YOURSELF'

Sing, dance and fly to the beat of your own rhythm.

Take the chance that if you "Let go" the wind will be beneath your wings to support you.

Take flight in the inevitable wisdom of God's creation.........Namaste