live with intention.
walk to the edge.
listen hard.
practice wellness.
play with abandon.
laugh.
choose with no regret.
continue to learn.
appreciate your friends.
do what you love.
live as if this is all there is.
~ mary anne radmacher

Little bird

Little bird, why are your wings so small?

When you fly, you reach 5 ft and then fall.

Why do you carry such heavy things?

Though shiny, failure is all that they bring.

Drop them and let your wings exercise.

Drop them and push off and open your eyes.

Look up and realize all that you're missing

by wondering bout fish you might have been kissing.

Teach me to fly...

...I can't until you let go of the things that are holding you down.

Your wings will remain stunted until you allow the chains that tether you to be cut.

The heaviness that you cling to is what keeps you from soaring.

3/12/06

"I want to be around people who are passionate.

Surrounded by those with a burning creativity.

Such an intense desire they make something that it is all consuming.

Who create, not because they have no choice, but because they want it so bad that they choose to make it happen no matter what.

They choose past the distractions of every day life.

The same way that true courage is doing something in spite of fear, not without it...

A true artist doesn't create simply because there is no other choice, it's in spite of all the other choices that he still chooses to bring his art, his expression, to life.

God, thank you for the fresh start You gave me.

Please help me not to waste it.