To Dream...

"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable. " Mary Oliver 

Yesterday I realized I haven't been allowing myself to dream. I get stuck in my practical organizing everything, need to know ways and the open space for dreaming is full. And when the realization hits, I refer back to a poem that has always been relevant to my life called,

"Living The Questions"

"Be patient towards all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue, Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer."

Rainer Maria Rike"s July 16. 1003 letter to Franz Xaver Kappus is included as the fourth letter in "Letters to a Young Poet."

... so today I dream.

A Bucket List...

 "Do you have a bucket list and if so name one thing on it, if not why."

One of the first things I've had on my bucket list since as long as I can remember was to see the Redwood trees. That is a dream of mine and something I get so excited thinking about. I don't have a lot of other burning desires right now in my life that I can think of. I would like to see the Grand Canyon. But as my life continues on I might add to the list or I might not. Sometimes I think I am as content with what and whom I'm surrounded by that I don't long for more, except for the Redwoods!

Pictures...

I took this picture this morning

Many many years ago I got a two year degree in Graphic Arts and my goal was to finish my other two years in photography... but that never happened! I have found myself this past week ( and other times since I gave up the dream) wanting to take photos again. But I don't want at this time to invest in or use a camera, just play a little taking pictures with my phone. It felt good...

Dream...

I had a dream last night about a former family member that I was close to, that passed away about eleven years ago. I dreamed that they came back to life and I was stunned, but I saw them right in front of me and it seemed real but I kept doubting and crying because it just couldn't be. I've never had a dream that felt so real. I woke up and didn't want to wake up. I wanted that person to be there and for this not to be a dream. Their presence was with me and so strong.

Dream...

Welcome to the entrance of my dream home!

Stories...

Our lives are ruled by stories, the stories we tell ourselves. What if it were true that you already had everything you needed to pursue and achieve your dreams and that the journey wasn't about becoming more, but becoming aware and tapped into the wholeness that you already are?

(borrowed words from " TheDailyLove" Website)

What if this were true...