Wishing you health and love this holiday season

 

Feeling blessed with love

and sharing it with you all.

Keep healthy and safe.

Dusk by the lake

The beauty of the sky and the lake,

the changing colours and moods of nature

stir in me so much awe and love.

Sharing a few poems and words of wisdom by Rumi that reflect how I feel.

He is a poet that a dear nephew introduced me to 

when he gave me a book of poetry titled

La religion de l'amour

When I read Rumi, I think of my nephew, his kindness,

his calm individuality and his philosophy of love.

I am thankful for his priceless gift.

***

I am so small I can barely be seen.

How can this great love be inside me?

Look at your eyes. They are small,

But they see enormous things.

***

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

***

In your light I learn how to love. 

In your beauty, how to make poems. 

You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, 

but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.

***

Faith

“To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.” Alan Wilson Watts

I came across this quote and would like to share its wisdom during Covid's fourth wave.

To me, faith in myself means not fearing the unknown, and taking on challenges whether from the pandemic or relationships, and learning from them. When we don't trust ourselves, we tend to search for approval from others, cling to what is not there, and we eventually drown in disappointment and self-pity. When we love who we are, accept ourselves, flaws and all, and extend that love and faith towards others, we keep afloat in uncertain waters.

Wishing you the best in your personal growth as the fourth wave takes over. We will overcome the plague when we have faith in ourselves and others and put our best efforts in working together.

Love defied the plague

when we touched, floated above

the raging water

We had faith in us

embraced fear, risks, pain, and learned

to heal each other

Summer Sky

A fleeting moment when the pastel lights of dusk

beamed from the lake into the immense sky.

We watched, awed by the divine view,

happy to be under its spell.

Beauty is simply reality seen through the eyes of love.

Rabindranath Tagore

Fading Fog

So thrilled that we are slowly lifting restrictions with caution.

Wishing you all a safe re-opening.

Walks by the water with friends have been morale boosters

during these rough times. The pandemic has been as depressing as the wars, 

residential school horrors and other cases of human depravity.

Let's try to spread more love in this world.

Light in the city

fog of sadness dissipates

hope and dreams renewed

Wild spring flowers

On a distanced walk through the ravine with a very dear friend

these flowers appeared from the hard winter soil

happy colours, brightening our day.

Out of the tough grit

blooms of renewal sprawl

faith within unfurl 

Light shining through the pandemic

Light is shining its way through the pandemic.

We will soon enjoy some freedom with the help of vaccines but the cautionary measures will remain as we battle the third wave. 

I'm thrilled that spring is here and brings with it many positive changes. There will be challenges but with love, kindness, and resilience, light will keep shining through.

Still working on my short stories. Looking forward to writing in café patios again. and to dance to live music in gardens, patios, streets... 

Wishing you all a beautiful spring.

Light and love shine through

the blur, madness of rough times 

sprout hope and solace

Toronto's Winter Wonderland

Love our winter wonderland

a precious gift from nature

in the heart of the city