gratitude

The Expedition

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The expedition of life is the exploration of thought and emotion joined together by a willingness to see and feel more.

Kerri Elizabeth

 

The expedition of the rivers rapids rumble the earth.

The sun captivates nature’s worth.

The trees without a sound produce oxygen all around.

No display of limits in the wilderness are found.

Every thought has an opportunity to be filled through love.

The beauty of life is found where you decide what you’re made of.

Allow any thought unkind to dissolve in the winds of gratitude.

Love is in every latitude.

Let the exploration of emotions find peace as it goes.

Allowing growth and change through the ebbs and flows.

The answer to it all is where you stand and fall.

Sunshine through it all.

There You Are

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Get lost in nature and you’ll find yourself.

Grace

Were seen in the heat of the fire where intensity is felt.

In the adventure of the breeze flowing with ease.

In the spontaneity of where the pinecone re-seeds.

In the courage of the wilderness free to be.

In the river bends as the earth shifts direction again.

In the burned mountain tops carrying scars within.

Were seen in the forest floor growing where seeds have blown.

In the rivers flowing with their own tone.

In the tree stump where roots remain carrying past pain.

In the boulders that are earthly bound.

In the stars lighting up the heavens to the ground.

In the blue skies that reflect into the depth of our eyes.

Were seen in the birds singing lullabies.

In the ant climbing up a tree vertically to be free.

In the leaves that hold seasons of change.

In the sunshine that heals an emotional exchange.

Were seen in the diversity of the trees.

In the life adventuring the streams and the seas.

In the fierceness of nature’s storm.

In in the determination of the bear’s strength and form.

In the loving eyes of a deer’s stare.

In in the earth’s core where passion is bared.

In the flower that opens to the whisper of the morning light.

Were in the silence and solitude of the day and night.

 

 

Courage Replaced Fear

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Do not fear to pioneer, to venture down new paths to endeavor.

Ralph J Bunche

I asked him,”can you take me to the highest place?”

“What then,” his response, with a puzzled look on his face?”

“I will know when I get there,” I replied.

The feeling to go I couldn’t hide.

When we arrived at the mountain top.

I felt pulled to be on the ground and look up without a sound.

Suctioned to the earth,  I was covered by the heavens all around.

I sat up and looked in front of me and knew.

The mountain was holding a special view.

To some it may sound silly to hear, to me it was audibly and visually clear.

The mountains and the heavens are your gear.

Slide into the lake and conquer another fear.

I asked again,”can you take me to the lake to swim in the darkness of the night?”

With an expectant look he replied, “Yes, let’s do your bucket list right.”

The waters would signify all the tears through the years.

The moonlight would shine as nature pulls me near.

Grounded in earth, heaven and grace.

The moment delivered another embrace.

Swimming in the deep dark waters of the night was set.

My mountain man driving a boat to protect.

Each breath signified doing something new.

Accepting the challenge to be scared and move through.

To create love where misunderstandings appear.

To be strong where weakness fed on a reflection in the mirror.

To be aware where denial steals time.

To stand off the defensive line.

To strip it all down to the ground.

Letting go where you once were bound.

Wake Up To The Challenge

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The pain remains until you find a way to challenge it and grow beyond that plain.
Kerri Elizabeth

Waking up
Shall I wake?
In a dream so clear.
I heard the silent voice of fear.
Will I wake to see more clear?
Will the pain inside disappear?
Surrendering to the voice of my soul.
Awaken to the vibrant energy you hold.
Breathe out the fear and in the beauty that surrounds your tears.
Grasp the flowing of every healing molecule near.
Similar to the flowing synchronicity of waves to the shore.
Love tumbles and tosses smoothing the jagged thoughts to more.
In the center of the sunrise and sunset ,no hindrance, affectation or fear exist.
Pretentious existence is void.
Authenticity knows not to resist nature’s healing kiss.

LEAP INTO NEW DEPTHS

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Through the depth of every pain there are lessons that will remain and courage to retain.
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Leaping into the anticipation that awakens the deepest inner desires.
The jolt of a crisp mountain lake surrounds and protects the inner fire.
Rounded rocks that seem to have found their home meet my feet as I jump in and touch the ground.
Beauty all around shakes my senses and I’m found.
Water encompasses my path and pulls me into the  depths to swim at last.
After a brisk distance is in the past a cord from the sky turns me over to dance.
Effort is removed and synchronicity is heard.
Weightlessness and floating moving without a word.
Every muscle has given in to trust the lake’s gentleness again.
Safety and security have eyes on me assuring me I can let go.
He maneuvers the boat to my side protecting me.
Beauty and intrigue of deep waters cradle me.
Invisible strength moves the vibrations of an outdoor concert across the lake around me.
Human energy fills in space.

Spiritual energy flows with healing grace

Wild Hearts

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My life work is an attempt to ground the pure, visionary spirit in the imperfect, intoxicating sensuousness of worldly life. -Thomas Moore-

 

Wild heart you’re never far away.

You’re in the rumble of the sky and the lightening up high.

Oh wild heart you’re never left behind.

Your essence for life clears my mind.

Your beauty brings a dance to the silence of the nights.

Your truth erases battles of an inner fight.

While the language of the wilderness echoes from my soul.

The rain and the thunder orchestrate love to flow.

Wild heart you’re my soul, the lover of my spirit you guide me without control.

Spirit gift, the lover of my soul, thank you for the the inspiration of letting go.

I’m in the whisper through the trees limbs and the breeze guiding every leaf to bend.

I’m in the petals of the daisies surrounding the center you see as sunshine again.

I’m in the color of the rocks lining the shore.

I’m you touched by the presence and the depth to learn more.

I am free to be me and be and love for eternity.

Soul Pulls

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Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Oscar Wilde

 

My Soul’s vibration pulls me near.

Whispering softly trust me I’m here.

Ignite yourself in life my dear.

Take the shackles off your feet and dance.

I am here.

I am your soul.

I am watching you grow.

Listen to what you hear.

Wear your wild heart without fear.

Run and walk, be still in thought.

Clear the traps and release the gaps.

They are not meant to last.

Allow your energy to divinely open up.

Open the doors you have quietly shut.

You are not another’s thought.

You are brought to create and love in this spot.

Surrender to your destiny of the unconditional you.

Walk past the shadow that darkens what’s true.

Take your hat off and reach inside.

Your true identity is nothing to hide.

Be YOU and live true.

What others think of you is nothing to prove.

It has already been proven we all are who we choose.

Sunshine from my heart to you and me too.

Love is YOU.

Three Parts of Me

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When the mind talks and the heart walks and the soul hangs on and neither seem to belong. Stay present and at peace, breathe and continue to release.

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My soul and heart are far apart.

The whisper is here but my mind isn’t clear.

I can change my mindset.

I can create a smile.

I can ride my bike until I drop.

I can jump in the lake and swim to the bottom or stay on top.

I can fall down and get back up.

I can stand tall and take deep breaths.

I can keep writing and let it flow through.

I can choose to let go and keep my love tank full too.

Today I want to scream out loud.

Until my heart and soul jump back off the ground.

I want to run until my feet are numb.

I want to surrender to the silence with the sun.

I want a solution to my sons cancer NOW.

I want to know why and fix it somehow.

He is my light.

My Insight.

Sent to me from above.

He is unconditional love.

Grant me the strength of a LIONESS right now.

Join my heart to my body again somehow.

Soul ,I’m here draw me near.

Mind let go of fear.

Somehow there is an answer here.

Please I’m asking with every cell of me.

Heal his body from the inside out.

Creatively kick that F@@@ed up Cancer OUT.

With Rays of Light.

Prayers on my knees and a fight.

Let this nightmare go tonight.

A Silent Whisper

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In the silence the whisper is clear.

Kerri Elizabeth

 

There is a whisper in the gently breeze.

Ever so gently breathing words of gratitude and ease.

Don’t look back sweet child of mine.

Forward is a new starting line.

Feel the gentle touch of my words brush over you as you turn.

The direction you seek is a place to learn.

You’ll hear the answers you’re looking for.

Be in the silence of the outdoors.

How will I hear when the silence is clear?

The voice will be present when you release all fear.

Quieting the rumble of worry and tears.

The whisper of the wind knocks to come in.

Whispering gently an introduction to mutual friends.

Determination is here.

Perseverance is clear.

Gratitude is a power lifter,

Happiness stretches your core,

Love shows you more.

Sunshine’s Soul Boot Camp in the silence of the great outdoors!

 

 

Assumption has no place where love grows!

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Letting your children grow and letting go of control and the assumption you know and giving support and love so that is
their foundation wherever they go!

Kerri Elizabeth

Assumption is fear that’s drawn near.
Assumption assaults the soul.
Takes over with control.
Assume follows gloom.
Leaves love with no room.
Assumption takes away our sweet time.
Leaving our heart hanging on the line.
Assumption chips away at peace.
Crowding out a way to release.
Assumption turns love into loss.
Assumption is control resisting the calling on our soul.
Let assumption go by.
Leaving no place for it to hide.
Let the heaviness of your heart fill with love.
Let the doubt of your thoughts flood out.
Allowing that place to refill with thoughts that fulfill.
Choose your thoughts.
Choose your actions.
Choose your hearts reactions.
Assuming is the opposite of Grace.
It’s a place we choose to go outside our own space.