Finding Wings
The act of “finding wings” is of course,
A life long journey in and of itself –
We cannot wait for inspiration to strike
Or circumstances to improve –
The time to “take wing” is always
And ever, right now.
Right now.
Right now.
And Now.
We each have to find
Our own wing cadence.
The pattern within
That invisible force
Right at our back
On each side of our arms
Waiting to fill out and lift us.
We can practice knowing
That the force of life is there.
We can pretend that we feel it
Even when we don’t.
Especially when we don’t.
Imagine that the whole
Gorgeous universe
“has your back”
That you don’t have to
Rely on your strength only.
That expecting miracles
Is your spiritual practice.
What is it you are flying toward?
Do you see your dream up ahead?
What comes first?
The dream or the wing?
Shiloh Sophia
My Joys,
Today I am going to do something wonderful, teach a painting class for women in the Deaf community - I am so excited to share this painting work in this magical way, it is called Vibrant Woman and I hope to do more!!!
I don’t have much time to write today so I am sharing a poem I wrote about 11 years ago – Finding Wings.
On Monday I launch a new course, My Butterfly, if you want to build your own wordpress website…or blog.
It is early and the kitty is kneeding my furry blanket, making bisquets so to speak, and I am going to make some of my special coffee!!
sending a virtual hug and a toast from my mug…
Shiloh Sophia
YUMMO for the deaf community…THAT IS BRILLIANT AND I BET THIS COULD BE A WHOLE NEW INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE FOR EVERYONE!!!!!
How beautiful, Shiloh! Wondering if it would be ok to quote it, with credit of course, at a retreat I am facilitating in a few weeks. This is a group of 15 bereaved mothers who are finding the courage to “live” again after the deaths of their children.
Always Susan. Always. Love to you – thank you for doing that…
Thank you so much for this beautiful image and poem — it is just what I needed at the end of this work week! I hope you will put all your writings into books as I’d love to be able to have them in one place (more or less), so I can keep going back to them. You are such an inspiration!