standing in the light
there is a lightness. a moving forward. a letting go of the need to look behind.
momentum shoves into me. forcing me to step into the light. to step into the light and realize i am standing tall. rooted in all that i know. rooted in my wisdom.
with each breath of awareness of will remember this. i have known it all along of course, but it can be so easy to find myself in the dark for a bit...and how that "for a bit" can become for a long, long night sometimes.
this is how i (we) learn.
but today.
today i stand rooted with my face turned toward the sun.
i let the peace into the space around my heart. and i look forward. and smile.
i am living in my life.
*****
i am off to new hampshire. taking my paints and pencils and paper and new natasha bags and aprons and patchworked scarves and necklaces...
off to gather up dear friends and meet a few dear friends and meet some new folks.
sending you blessings and peace,
liz
this is me
Reader Comments (17)
i loved everything about this photo the moment i saw it...and then i ready your beautiful words...and all i could think was...yes! yes! yes!
thank you for the warmth and light your friendship brings to my life.
i am SO looking forward to meeting you!!!
xoxoxo
can't wait to see you! so good to hear your beautiful voice yesterday - xoxo
wishing i was gathering up
my things
and coming along with you...
i am living in my life.
i love this line.
that line is a keeper.
it resonates.
and that photo
is fantastic.
you
are fantastic.
:0)
see you in new hampshire!
wow you look wonderful
I hope you have a great time in New Hampshire! (I grew up there, and I treasure its beauty.) I put a link to your blog in my blog -- maybe you can check it out sometime:
http://cheerytomatoproductions.blogspot.com/2008/09/self-portrait-challenge.html
have a beautiful journey east. i am looking forward to sharing the experience through your eyes when you return!
This is my favorite of all your beautiful self portraits.
Blessings for the journey.
"i am living in my life."
Love this line.
a.
Happy and safe travels...
beautiful!!! image and words. hope you have a wonderful time in new hampshire. :)
Oh how I'd love to go to one of these workshops one day!
The location of this photo is awesome (wink, wink)
Hope you have a great weekend & let's catch up when you return. I have much to tell you about.
xx,
JP/deb
rooted, yes. i feel this, too. thank you for this beauty...
Hi Liz,
I wish we could be back at SAW. I forgot you had read The Cloister Walk and you are a yoga teacher. I kept getting people and their blogs mixed up. I am thankful I had the opportunity to talk to you the last night at the Corner House. Your work is beautiful.
yes
yes
and yes
so happy to have played with you this week.
xoxo
And while rooted...allowing the sun shining into your heart...remember to breath into the space around your heart...xx
Hope when you find this email you will be exstatic with joy of meeting other beauties on squam...and all that you are thinking of them...every word are within your own beautifulness.
yes! xx
"there is a lightness. a moving forward. a letting go of the need to look behind." Hi Liz ~ I realize you wrote this before Squam, but it exactly expresses the feelings I carried home with me after those 5 amazing days. Change is palpable in the air around me now... anxious to move forward. Hoping to meet up with you again next year. Deb