I've been listening to Ram Dass talks on CD recently, and have found them really inspiring.
Yesterday, in a talk called, Being Free Together, he was talking about what we as humans are for each other. He said (and i paraphrase) that what we are to each other, is an environment. Who we are creates an environment around each one of us for each other to step into.
This had me asking myself, what is my environment? What am I doing to take care of my environment? What are people stepping into when they're in my environment?
While this concept and these questions aren't completely new to me, I was very inspired by a new way of looking at this question of Who I'm Being in the world through imagining my space as an environment. How do I show up? How well do I maintain my ever-changing environment? Does pollution cloud this moment or that moment? Am I providing warmth to those who cross my path, or a cool shade?
Not only am I concerned with what I provide for others, but also the kind of space I allow for Spirit to come through. So much of the reason I, we, commit to doing work on ourselves is to clear up our environment so that Spirit can move through us more easily and allow us to be of better service. How well am I keeping my space clean for God (Spirit) to come through?
And how about the environment of others? How much do we stop and appreciate the environment others create and maintain for us? And also, how do we keep others' more undesirable weather out of our space?
I actually just had a night this past weekend where I saw a "tornado" up ahead, and I was aware of what that tornado could do to my environment, and how that would effect how I showed up for others. So, I chose to let that tornado know it was not permitted into my space and I summoned all the strength I could as it went right by me. I was not moved or scratched, and everything was intact.
So, I ask you...what does your environment look like, feel like? What do people get to step into when they are in your presence? What gifts does your environment offer - a peaceful breeze? a passionate fire? A limitless landscape? And how do others show up for you? Do you appreciate the environments they offer? Do you know how to protect yourself when their storms want to disturb your environment?
Love is being aware of your environment and tending to it for yourself, Spirit and others.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Love Ambassa-door
"The things we tend to keep hidden from others offer us potential doorways into deeply intimate experiences."
I just read this off of someone's facebook photo caption...and was instantly inspired to write.
This quote reminded me of an experience I had at Burning Man this year. A new friend I'd just met, shared that when he looked at me, the word Ambassador came to mind. An Ambassa-door he said...a door wide open to both receive and to give love. An Ambassador...a messenger of this love.
Lately I've been aware of when I'm not being this open door, and instead, I am up against a wall of fear, hiding who I am. This quote speaks directly to that part of me that naturally wants to be open and free...as we all do, and recognizes that there is this threshold to cross when fear is present. I know that who I am is just beyond that threshold...beyond that moment when i step from fear of showing who i really am to loving, embracing and being who i really am...and ALL that's possible in that moment. That is when my heart truly gets to lead me...when I step out of fear into love.
What's the result? The result is a really juicy, loving, deep moment of connection - with another, with the soul, and with the divine. YUM! Why would I ever want to hide?! In those moments of stepping through fear, something gets unleashed and comes out to play. Breakthroughs occur, inspired thoughts and actions occur, deep listening occurs, and joy occurs!
So, whenever the Fear creeps in and tries to tell me that I am a wall, what I've been practicing instead is being a door that lets Love in and gives Love out. A Love Ambassa-door. One who is leading with a message of Love, just by being that Love. Its all a practice, and it's already perfect.
Love is hitting a wall of Fear and creating an open door to Love.
I just read this off of someone's facebook photo caption...and was instantly inspired to write.
This quote reminded me of an experience I had at Burning Man this year. A new friend I'd just met, shared that when he looked at me, the word Ambassador came to mind. An Ambassa-door he said...a door wide open to both receive and to give love. An Ambassador...a messenger of this love.
Lately I've been aware of when I'm not being this open door, and instead, I am up against a wall of fear, hiding who I am. This quote speaks directly to that part of me that naturally wants to be open and free...as we all do, and recognizes that there is this threshold to cross when fear is present. I know that who I am is just beyond that threshold...beyond that moment when i step from fear of showing who i really am to loving, embracing and being who i really am...and ALL that's possible in that moment. That is when my heart truly gets to lead me...when I step out of fear into love.
What's the result? The result is a really juicy, loving, deep moment of connection - with another, with the soul, and with the divine. YUM! Why would I ever want to hide?! In those moments of stepping through fear, something gets unleashed and comes out to play. Breakthroughs occur, inspired thoughts and actions occur, deep listening occurs, and joy occurs!
So, whenever the Fear creeps in and tries to tell me that I am a wall, what I've been practicing instead is being a door that lets Love in and gives Love out. A Love Ambassa-door. One who is leading with a message of Love, just by being that Love. Its all a practice, and it's already perfect.
Love is hitting a wall of Fear and creating an open door to Love.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Dreamy LoVE.
So...it finally happened...after 15 years of dreaming about it :)
It was so fulfilling to look deeply into the eyes of a man who has had so much influence on my life, on my relationships with friends and family, on my music, and on my perspective...and to say thank you.
I remember when Matt first met Dave at a festival in Vegas...I was SO freakin excited for him...and the story of their meeting was so special. Dave actually went up to Matt and thought he knew him, but wasn't sure how. Matt unfolded his LoVE sign, and that's when Dave realized who he was.
The second time he met him was with my sister (with me in the picture) at Madison Square Garden in NYC. I remember feeling so happy for them, but also quite ENVIOUS!!! I remember Matt telling me it just wasn't my time, but my time was coming, and that I would meet him as a musician one day. And that's what happened.
I could feel Matt so strongly that day I met Dave. I went to the spot earlier in the day where we used to go together and where I always feel is a beautiful place to connect with him- the meditation gardens in Encinitas. I sat in love and gratitude for our ever present connection, and for the experience I'd be having later that evening. As I got up off the bench, I asked Matt to walk with me the rest of the night...to come to the show with me, to meet Dave with me, to dance with me! And I felt that he did :)
Its such a beautiful feeling to be in so much joy and celebration for the times I had with my friend while he was here, and to really have that feeling so alive even without him standing next to me.
So, I just want to say thank you to Matt, for helping this happen - because I know he had a hand in it, and it was because of his LoVE that it was even a possibility at this time.
Standing in LoVE with Dave, while it was magical and dreamy, it also felt familiar and natural, like standing with an old friend. His presence was gracious, loving, nurturing, and well...present! And...it felt like it wouldn't be the last time we'll be standing together, in LoVE.
x
Love is keeping the dream alive.
It was so fulfilling to look deeply into the eyes of a man who has had so much influence on my life, on my relationships with friends and family, on my music, and on my perspective...and to say thank you.
I remember when Matt first met Dave at a festival in Vegas...I was SO freakin excited for him...and the story of their meeting was so special. Dave actually went up to Matt and thought he knew him, but wasn't sure how. Matt unfolded his LoVE sign, and that's when Dave realized who he was.
The second time he met him was with my sister (with me in the picture) at Madison Square Garden in NYC. I remember feeling so happy for them, but also quite ENVIOUS!!! I remember Matt telling me it just wasn't my time, but my time was coming, and that I would meet him as a musician one day. And that's what happened.
I could feel Matt so strongly that day I met Dave. I went to the spot earlier in the day where we used to go together and where I always feel is a beautiful place to connect with him- the meditation gardens in Encinitas. I sat in love and gratitude for our ever present connection, and for the experience I'd be having later that evening. As I got up off the bench, I asked Matt to walk with me the rest of the night...to come to the show with me, to meet Dave with me, to dance with me! And I felt that he did :)
Its such a beautiful feeling to be in so much joy and celebration for the times I had with my friend while he was here, and to really have that feeling so alive even without him standing next to me.
So, I just want to say thank you to Matt, for helping this happen - because I know he had a hand in it, and it was because of his LoVE that it was even a possibility at this time.
Standing in LoVE with Dave, while it was magical and dreamy, it also felt familiar and natural, like standing with an old friend. His presence was gracious, loving, nurturing, and well...present! And...it felt like it wouldn't be the last time we'll be standing together, in LoVE.
xLove is keeping the dream alive.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Gratitude.
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." -Melodie Beattie
The great river of abundance has been flowing through my life recently, and I am sitting in all the delicious beauty of gratitude. This, not only feels like the deepest way to accept the abundance that comes, but also the way to keep it flowing. I have realized recently, that in the past, the river of abundance has almost frightened me. It almost became too much at times, that I jumped out of the river, and watched it all flow by without me.
What I'm getting today is that I deserve to let it flow through me, we ALL do, and it WANTS to! This is the way of life, this the flow and the rhythm of our world. And I'm learning how to sit in constant gratitude for what I receive, feeling the beautiful relationship and exchange of giver and receiver, and allowing more of it to come. As my friend Josh titled his new film, "happythankyoumoreplease," I've come to use this as my mantra :)
I've also been seeing my life as an open road. I have been imagining every day, that my life is a clear open road, and at the end is this beautiful golden light. Each day, I move closer to that light, which is the light of my soul and love being expressed fully, and where I can move through this world with much lighter steps, and more able to give of my light and my love. And then again, another light will appear at the end of another open road.
These past two years have been rich with lessons, hardships and successes, losses and gains, change, growth, movement....transformation. I feel as if I'm on the verge of things just finally clicking into place, an upshift being engaged and my wings spreading out further to fly.
And this is my wish for all beings.
To evolve, grow, change, so as to cause an impact on our world, making it a yummy, loving, peaceful, beautiful place to live. And I don't mean you have to stop everything and commit yourself to saving the planet or ending world hunger - although, if you feel so called, by all means! - but rather its the inward journey that reflects outward, allowing you to hear your own unique calling and BE LOVE in your life.
Its simple, really. And I believe we're getting it. And I believe it starts with Love and it starts with Gratitude. And we're all doing a great job as we move through this era of transformation together. So remember to smile, and say thank you...and more please!
Love is being grateful for and allowing the great River of Abundance to flow through you!
The great river of abundance has been flowing through my life recently, and I am sitting in all the delicious beauty of gratitude. This, not only feels like the deepest way to accept the abundance that comes, but also the way to keep it flowing. I have realized recently, that in the past, the river of abundance has almost frightened me. It almost became too much at times, that I jumped out of the river, and watched it all flow by without me.
What I'm getting today is that I deserve to let it flow through me, we ALL do, and it WANTS to! This is the way of life, this the flow and the rhythm of our world. And I'm learning how to sit in constant gratitude for what I receive, feeling the beautiful relationship and exchange of giver and receiver, and allowing more of it to come. As my friend Josh titled his new film, "happythankyoumoreplease," I've come to use this as my mantra :)
I've also been seeing my life as an open road. I have been imagining every day, that my life is a clear open road, and at the end is this beautiful golden light. Each day, I move closer to that light, which is the light of my soul and love being expressed fully, and where I can move through this world with much lighter steps, and more able to give of my light and my love. And then again, another light will appear at the end of another open road.
These past two years have been rich with lessons, hardships and successes, losses and gains, change, growth, movement....transformation. I feel as if I'm on the verge of things just finally clicking into place, an upshift being engaged and my wings spreading out further to fly.
And this is my wish for all beings.
To evolve, grow, change, so as to cause an impact on our world, making it a yummy, loving, peaceful, beautiful place to live. And I don't mean you have to stop everything and commit yourself to saving the planet or ending world hunger - although, if you feel so called, by all means! - but rather its the inward journey that reflects outward, allowing you to hear your own unique calling and BE LOVE in your life.
Its simple, really. And I believe we're getting it. And I believe it starts with Love and it starts with Gratitude. And we're all doing a great job as we move through this era of transformation together. So remember to smile, and say thank you...and more please!
Love is being grateful for and allowing the great River of Abundance to flow through you!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
In Love.
in the moment I held you,
I could feel everywhere you've been
and everywhere you're going.
we lived a whole lifetime together,
in that moment,
in love,
whole & complete.
love is: opening your heart to infinity.
I could feel everywhere you've been
and everywhere you're going.
we lived a whole lifetime together,
in that moment,
in love,
whole & complete.
love is: opening your heart to infinity.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Waves of LoVE.
Another wave of LoVE has been taken into the shore, and here I am again, spotting the next one...fully ready for whatever it may bring.
This new wave started this past week, as it marked the one year anniversary of Matt's passing, specifically yesterday, June 6th. Yet, I strongly felt his presence with me all week long, and I wasnt' the only one...
Matt's love is really being honored and felt by the Dave Matthews Band community so much right now. The traveling LoVE sign is in full effect, being sent to each city on the tour, by dedicated fans continuing to spread their LoVE for the band, for life, and for each other.
Dave has walked on stage twice now, grabbing a LoVE sign from a fan, and holding it up onstage himself. He and Stefan have been wearing LoVE buttons, and Dave has spoken of Matt this week, mentioning him after a song called Granny, which is all about LoVE.
There is something big happening with Matt's LoVE. Its amazing to watch the blossoming of this movement, that started deep within Matt's soul, a seed of LoVe and light and courageous sharing! Now, it is bringing thousands of people so much joy, connection and celebration!!
Our world is evolving so rapidly right now. Love is growing. It is happening in many forms, in many ways, in many communities all over the world. I am grateful to be a part of this LoVE ripple, and I am grateful that you are too.
And there is so much ahead...so much more sharing, giving, growing, and celebrating in this Spirit of LoVE, and I'm excited to think of all we can do!
This week, I was thinking so much of Matt's life. He led a simple life. He worked for a packaging company, he kept a clean and minimal house, he made phone calls, wrote emails, planned trips to connect with those he loved. He was so present to life, and so present to his love for others. His life was not extraordinary seeming from the outside. When asked what he "wanted to be when he grew up,' he didn't have any big plans to change the world, or make a mark through any kind of big dream. His biggest dreams were about sitting in temples in the sacred lands of Bhutan, and about continuing to follow his love for DMB.
I am reflecting now on how his simple life of love is a greater contribution to humanity than anyone could have ever dreamed of! For him, I believe deep inside, he had a sense of his purpose, however, not knowing how it would all turn out.
I remember the day he asked me what I thought about making a sign that said LoVE on it and bringing it into the show. He told me had seen it in a meditation. He had seen himself holding his LoVE sign, and I believe, it was then that he caught a glimpse of the impact he would one day be making in the world.
Thank you, Matt, for believing in your LoVE and your vision, and doing so with such purpose and grace.
You are an inspiration to many, and we honor you through our continued efforts of LoVE!
dave matthews holding a fan's LoVe sign, June 2010 in Toronto
This new wave started this past week, as it marked the one year anniversary of Matt's passing, specifically yesterday, June 6th. Yet, I strongly felt his presence with me all week long, and I wasnt' the only one...
Matt's love is really being honored and felt by the Dave Matthews Band community so much right now. The traveling LoVE sign is in full effect, being sent to each city on the tour, by dedicated fans continuing to spread their LoVE for the band, for life, and for each other.
Dave has walked on stage twice now, grabbing a LoVE sign from a fan, and holding it up onstage himself. He and Stefan have been wearing LoVE buttons, and Dave has spoken of Matt this week, mentioning him after a song called Granny, which is all about LoVE.
There is something big happening with Matt's LoVE. Its amazing to watch the blossoming of this movement, that started deep within Matt's soul, a seed of LoVe and light and courageous sharing! Now, it is bringing thousands of people so much joy, connection and celebration!!
Our world is evolving so rapidly right now. Love is growing. It is happening in many forms, in many ways, in many communities all over the world. I am grateful to be a part of this LoVE ripple, and I am grateful that you are too.
And there is so much ahead...so much more sharing, giving, growing, and celebrating in this Spirit of LoVE, and I'm excited to think of all we can do!
This week, I was thinking so much of Matt's life. He led a simple life. He worked for a packaging company, he kept a clean and minimal house, he made phone calls, wrote emails, planned trips to connect with those he loved. He was so present to life, and so present to his love for others. His life was not extraordinary seeming from the outside. When asked what he "wanted to be when he grew up,' he didn't have any big plans to change the world, or make a mark through any kind of big dream. His biggest dreams were about sitting in temples in the sacred lands of Bhutan, and about continuing to follow his love for DMB.
I am reflecting now on how his simple life of love is a greater contribution to humanity than anyone could have ever dreamed of! For him, I believe deep inside, he had a sense of his purpose, however, not knowing how it would all turn out.
I remember the day he asked me what I thought about making a sign that said LoVE on it and bringing it into the show. He told me had seen it in a meditation. He had seen himself holding his LoVE sign, and I believe, it was then that he caught a glimpse of the impact he would one day be making in the world.
Thank you, Matt, for believing in your LoVE and your vision, and doing so with such purpose and grace.
You are an inspiration to many, and we honor you through our continued efforts of LoVE!
dave matthews holding a fan's LoVe sign, June 2010 in Toronto
Monday, March 29, 2010
SHOW us YOUR LoVE
I invite you, Friends and LoVERS, to share your LoVE with us! Pictures, posts, stories, ponderings on LoVE...all are welcome on this page!!
I'm just starting a conversation...it takes others to create the dialogue. Please feel free to express yourselves here! The world wants to know how YOU spread your LoVE!!
What is LoVE to you!?!?
I'm just starting a conversation...it takes others to create the dialogue. Please feel free to express yourselves here! The world wants to know how YOU spread your LoVE!!
What is LoVE to you!?!?
Friday, March 26, 2010
Student-Teachers of Love.
A few months ago, my dad turned me onto these daily emails that he subscribes to from www.tut.com. They are personalized messages...get this...from the universe! How awesome is that!?!
Each day they come in, its like receiving a divine pep talk from ALL THAT IS...it's like I have a cosmic cheerleader there for me, everyday, always greeting me with each new day with a note of inspiration!
Today's message really reminded me of Matt, as he was such a graceful and humble teacher...sending his message through his daily interactions and conversations. He lived that being love is really very simple. It doesn't take much, just being present to the love in each moment.
Today's message also got me excited, yet again, at the realization that the planet as a whole is awakening and understanding more of life's sacred secrets. These are powerful times.
So, here is my magic message for the day, enjoy! and sign up for your own personalized messages, if you feel so moved:
"You know what's kind of wild, Dawn? At this very crossroads of time and space, more than ever before, there are so many billions of people yearning to awaken and understand the truth about themselves, their divinity, and the magic.
You know what else is kind of wild? Just as this need arose, simultaneously, all over the world, there have appeared the greatest teachers, though in far smaller numbers, who have ever graced your plane. Those who are actually living these truths, leading with the example of their lives, and healing those in need through simple conversation.
Want to know what's even more unbelievable? That you sometimes consider yourself more of the student.
All bow,
The Universe"
LOVE is being both the student and the teacher of divine understanding.
Each day they come in, its like receiving a divine pep talk from ALL THAT IS...it's like I have a cosmic cheerleader there for me, everyday, always greeting me with each new day with a note of inspiration!
Today's message really reminded me of Matt, as he was such a graceful and humble teacher...sending his message through his daily interactions and conversations. He lived that being love is really very simple. It doesn't take much, just being present to the love in each moment.
Today's message also got me excited, yet again, at the realization that the planet as a whole is awakening and understanding more of life's sacred secrets. These are powerful times.
So, here is my magic message for the day, enjoy! and sign up for your own personalized messages, if you feel so moved:
"You know what's kind of wild, Dawn? At this very crossroads of time and space, more than ever before, there are so many billions of people yearning to awaken and understand the truth about themselves, their divinity, and the magic.
You know what else is kind of wild? Just as this need arose, simultaneously, all over the world, there have appeared the greatest teachers, though in far smaller numbers, who have ever graced your plane. Those who are actually living these truths, leading with the example of their lives, and healing those in need through simple conversation.
Want to know what's even more unbelievable? That you sometimes consider yourself more of the student.
All bow,
The Universe"
LOVE is being both the student and the teacher of divine understanding.
Friday, March 19, 2010
LoVE Community
Life for me right now is so peaceful and fulfilling. I am blessed with a beautiful life and amazing people to share it with.
I spent this past weekend in the forests of Idyllwild, CA with 16 close friends to celebrate a birthday for a dear friend! We all stayed in a big house - all rotating the cooking and the cleaning for our big meals, going for a gorgeous day hike on Saturday, and playing games in a huge circle around the living room in the evenings! It was a wonderful opportunity for us all to share in the lives of our friends.
Monday, I was in the studio of another amazing friend, recording a song for Vallie Gilley's Feeding the Soul Cookbook CD. Everything about the studio experience was so dreamy...i can barely say enough. It was a perfect day, lots of talented female artists were also recording throughout the day, and for dinner, we all shared a delicious vegan meal prepared by Vallie. AHHH, just perfection!
Then on Tuesday, I had band practice! I love saying that! And my guys are just so fun to play with. We are all learning about each other so much more and really bringing the music into focus with each week we get together.
So many other amazing things happened...enjoyable lunches and dinners with amazing people, a giant cup making day with awesome friends, a trip to Anza-Borrego desert to see the wildflowers...i mean, seriously! Its been an epic week...all while the days are getting longer and warmer!
My point is...i am in complete gratitude for every single person in my life that gives me the opportunity to show up for them in a positive way, and give my love to them. And of course to receive theirs! its not just that i get to DO these great things with great people, but there is an intention behind all of it - that i'm bringing - of being committed to nurturing every moment with possibility and presence. its not always there...as i do have many moments of distraction, but for the most part, i find when i am giving that, it spreads. And when I look around my community, I see that everyone is helping to raise each other up!
So...Love is...showing up as best you can to take you and those around you...higher and higher!
March 6, 2010 Feeding the Soul Benefit Concert @ LinkSoul, Oceanside, CA
I spent this past weekend in the forests of Idyllwild, CA with 16 close friends to celebrate a birthday for a dear friend! We all stayed in a big house - all rotating the cooking and the cleaning for our big meals, going for a gorgeous day hike on Saturday, and playing games in a huge circle around the living room in the evenings! It was a wonderful opportunity for us all to share in the lives of our friends.
Monday, I was in the studio of another amazing friend, recording a song for Vallie Gilley's Feeding the Soul Cookbook CD. Everything about the studio experience was so dreamy...i can barely say enough. It was a perfect day, lots of talented female artists were also recording throughout the day, and for dinner, we all shared a delicious vegan meal prepared by Vallie. AHHH, just perfection!
Then on Tuesday, I had band practice! I love saying that! And my guys are just so fun to play with. We are all learning about each other so much more and really bringing the music into focus with each week we get together.
So many other amazing things happened...enjoyable lunches and dinners with amazing people, a giant cup making day with awesome friends, a trip to Anza-Borrego desert to see the wildflowers...i mean, seriously! Its been an epic week...all while the days are getting longer and warmer!
My point is...i am in complete gratitude for every single person in my life that gives me the opportunity to show up for them in a positive way, and give my love to them. And of course to receive theirs! its not just that i get to DO these great things with great people, but there is an intention behind all of it - that i'm bringing - of being committed to nurturing every moment with possibility and presence. its not always there...as i do have many moments of distraction, but for the most part, i find when i am giving that, it spreads. And when I look around my community, I see that everyone is helping to raise each other up!
So...Love is...showing up as best you can to take you and those around you...higher and higher!
March 6, 2010 Feeding the Soul Benefit Concert @ LinkSoul, Oceanside, CA
Thursday, March 18, 2010
LoVE Family
Its been a few weeks now since the first San Diego LoVE Foundation event benefit concert, though not too late to share the magic.
Event Goddess, Melissa Grove, along with volunteers, friends, artists and musicians from our Radtastic community, put on one AMAZING, heartfelt benefit concert event on February 28th. Alex Woodard, Alysse Fischer, Dawn Mitschele, Bushwalla, Jason Mraz and the Voices of Prayze all collaborated to put on this seemless evening of extraordinary LoVE!
Matt's whole family was there, sharing in the celebration and honoring of his life. There were tears, and there was laughter. There were love signs, and love songs and loving moments of genuine generosity from the performers and the audience. It truly was a highly vibrating experience for all! And we have the pictures to prove it!
While I was up on stage, I took a few snapshots of the audience during Bushwalla's "Ghetto Blaster." Some believe that when we are vibrating at a high enough frequency, our angels and guides show up in pictures around us, resembling orbs filled with beautiful light. See for yourself...
I would like to thank everyone who attended this event for showing up and showing LoVE. We raised over $4,000 that evening with proceeds going to the Matt Wadleigh LoVE Foundation and Oxfam for Haiti.
Love is...celebrating Life!
Event Goddess, Melissa Grove, along with volunteers, friends, artists and musicians from our Radtastic community, put on one AMAZING, heartfelt benefit concert event on February 28th. Alex Woodard, Alysse Fischer, Dawn Mitschele, Bushwalla, Jason Mraz and the Voices of Prayze all collaborated to put on this seemless evening of extraordinary LoVE!
Matt's whole family was there, sharing in the celebration and honoring of his life. There were tears, and there was laughter. There were love signs, and love songs and loving moments of genuine generosity from the performers and the audience. It truly was a highly vibrating experience for all! And we have the pictures to prove it!
While I was up on stage, I took a few snapshots of the audience during Bushwalla's "Ghetto Blaster." Some believe that when we are vibrating at a high enough frequency, our angels and guides show up in pictures around us, resembling orbs filled with beautiful light. See for yourself...
I would like to thank everyone who attended this event for showing up and showing LoVE. We raised over $4,000 that evening with proceeds going to the Matt Wadleigh LoVE Foundation and Oxfam for Haiti.
Love is...celebrating Life!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Create Love
"Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new." -Ursula K. Le Guin
Love is...creating love.
Love is...creating love.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Being is Love
Neale Donald Walsch has gifted our world by sharing his writings on his "conversations with God."
Matt loved all of his books.
I carry around with me my copy of Conversations with God, Book 1 wherever i go. it speaks to me, profoundly.
This is one of my favorite excerpts from the book, and is what Matt embodied, and what i feel to be the most fundamental truth:
"My soul cares only what I'm being while I'm doing whatever I'm doing. It is a state of beingness the soul is after, not a state of doingness. There is nothing to do but to be. Being is Love."
Matt loved all of his books.
I carry around with me my copy of Conversations with God, Book 1 wherever i go. it speaks to me, profoundly.
This is one of my favorite excerpts from the book, and is what Matt embodied, and what i feel to be the most fundamental truth:
"My soul cares only what I'm being while I'm doing whatever I'm doing. It is a state of beingness the soul is after, not a state of doingness. There is nothing to do but to be. Being is Love."
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
A Love Prayer
Tonight my roommate played me Jeff Buckley songs I'd never heard. My soul soared with them. She then played me a DVD of him live at Sin-e in nyc reading the following "prayer" for his audience. I am still in awe at revisiting this humble, beautiful, talented and loving artists work, that still lives on...
New Year's Eve Prayer
You, my love, are allowed to forget
About the Christmas you just spent stressed out in your parents house.
You, my love, are allowed to shed
The weight of all the years before, like bad disco clothes,
Save them for a night of dancing, stoned with you lover.
You, my love, are allowed to let yourself drown
Every night in bottomless wild and naked symbolic dreams.
You, my love, in sleep can unlock
Your youth and your most terrifying magic and dreamings for the courageous.
You, my love, are allowed to grab my guitar
And sing me idiot love songs if you've lost your ability to speak.
Keep it down to two minutes.
You, my love, are allowed to rot and to die
And then live again, more alive and incandescent than before.
You, my love, are allowed to beat the shit out of your television.
Choke it's thoughts and corrupt its mind.
Kill! Kill! Kill! KILL The motherfucker before the song of zombiefied pain and panic and malaise and it's narrow right-winged vision and it's cheap commercial gang rape becomes the white noise of the world.
Turn about is fair play.
You, my love, are allowed to forgive and love your television.
You, my love, are allowed to speak in kisses to those around you and those up in heaven.
You, my love, are allowed to show your babies how to dance full bodied, starry eyed, audacious, supernatural and glorified.
You, my love, are allowed to suck in every single endeavor.
You, my love, are allowed to be soaked like a lovers' blanket in the New York summertime with the wonder of your own special gift.
You, my love, are allowed to receive praise,
You, my love, are allowed to have time,
You, my love, are allowed to understand,
You, my love, are allowed to love,
Woman disobey,
When little men believe,
That you, my love, are Rebellion.
Jeff Buckley 1966-1997
New Year's Eve Prayer
You, my love, are allowed to forget
About the Christmas you just spent stressed out in your parents house.
You, my love, are allowed to shed
The weight of all the years before, like bad disco clothes,
Save them for a night of dancing, stoned with you lover.
You, my love, are allowed to let yourself drown
Every night in bottomless wild and naked symbolic dreams.
You, my love, in sleep can unlock
Your youth and your most terrifying magic and dreamings for the courageous.
You, my love, are allowed to grab my guitar
And sing me idiot love songs if you've lost your ability to speak.
Keep it down to two minutes.
You, my love, are allowed to rot and to die
And then live again, more alive and incandescent than before.
You, my love, are allowed to beat the shit out of your television.
Choke it's thoughts and corrupt its mind.
Kill! Kill! Kill! KILL The motherfucker before the song of zombiefied pain and panic and malaise and it's narrow right-winged vision and it's cheap commercial gang rape becomes the white noise of the world.
Turn about is fair play.
You, my love, are allowed to forgive and love your television.
You, my love, are allowed to speak in kisses to those around you and those up in heaven.
You, my love, are allowed to show your babies how to dance full bodied, starry eyed, audacious, supernatural and glorified.
You, my love, are allowed to suck in every single endeavor.
You, my love, are allowed to be soaked like a lovers' blanket in the New York summertime with the wonder of your own special gift.
You, my love, are allowed to receive praise,
You, my love, are allowed to have time,
You, my love, are allowed to understand,
You, my love, are allowed to love,
Woman disobey,
When little men believe,
That you, my love, are Rebellion.
Jeff Buckley 1966-1997
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Choose Love
This was sent to me today in an email. Its perfect...
Choose Love
What We Are Made Of
Love is often presented as the opposite of fear, but true love is not opposite anything. True love is far more powerful than any negative emotions, as it is the environment in which all things arise. Negative emotions are like sharks swimming in the ocean of love. All things beautiful and fearful, ugly and kind, powerful and small, come into existence, do their thing, and disappear within the context of this great ocean. At the same time, they are made of the very love in which they swim and can never be separated. We are made of this love and live our whole lives at one with it, whether we know it or not.
It is only the illusion that we are separate from this great love that causes us to believe that choosing anything other than love makes sense or is even possible. In the relative, dualistic world of positive and negative, darkness and light, male and female, we make choices and we learn from them. This is exactly what we are meant to be doing here on earth. Underlying these relative choices, though, is the choice to be conscious of what we are, which is love, or to be unconscious of it. When we choose to be conscious of it, we choose love. We will still exist in the relative world of opposites and choices and cause and effect, and we will need to make our way here, but doing so with an awareness that we are all made of this love will enable us to be more playful, more joyful, more loving and wise, as we make our way. Ultimately, the choices we make will shed light on the love that makes us all one, enabling those who have forgotten to return to the source.
This world makes it easy to forget this great love, which is part of why we are here. We are here to remember and, when we forget to remember again, to choose love.
Unknown
Choose Love
What We Are Made Of
Love is often presented as the opposite of fear, but true love is not opposite anything. True love is far more powerful than any negative emotions, as it is the environment in which all things arise. Negative emotions are like sharks swimming in the ocean of love. All things beautiful and fearful, ugly and kind, powerful and small, come into existence, do their thing, and disappear within the context of this great ocean. At the same time, they are made of the very love in which they swim and can never be separated. We are made of this love and live our whole lives at one with it, whether we know it or not.
It is only the illusion that we are separate from this great love that causes us to believe that choosing anything other than love makes sense or is even possible. In the relative, dualistic world of positive and negative, darkness and light, male and female, we make choices and we learn from them. This is exactly what we are meant to be doing here on earth. Underlying these relative choices, though, is the choice to be conscious of what we are, which is love, or to be unconscious of it. When we choose to be conscious of it, we choose love. We will still exist in the relative world of opposites and choices and cause and effect, and we will need to make our way here, but doing so with an awareness that we are all made of this love will enable us to be more playful, more joyful, more loving and wise, as we make our way. Ultimately, the choices we make will shed light on the love that makes us all one, enabling those who have forgotten to return to the source.
This world makes it easy to forget this great love, which is part of why we are here. We are here to remember and, when we forget to remember again, to choose love.
Unknown
Saturday, January 30, 2010
grounded and grateful
it has arrived, the day when all of my things are again in one place.
for almost the past two years, my belongings have been scattered. friends' basements, garages and one cold storage unit in los angeles have kept my things, while i traipsed from house to house, city to city, couch to couch. i have felt much movement beneath my feet these past two years. i am happy today to feel grounded in a perfect space of my own.
sifting through boxes of things in my joyous unpacking this evening, i came across old cards from friends and family with such beautiful letters inside. there was so much expressed on every inch of space, so much love and gratitude.
i was actually catching up with one of those old friends earlier today and after our conversation, i began to look at all the beautiful friendships in my life. i thought back to the time when they all began, when we attracted each other to each other, with genuine magnetism. none of us could've imaged where our journeys would take us, and we couldn't see the deeper attraction at the time, yet felt it was so powerful, special, cosmic :)
as my friends and close family are blossoming on their profound paths, i see these common threads illuminated even more. we were brought together for a reason, and we are supporting each other in these times of awakening.
i feel so blessed to have so many loving friends and family relationships in my life and to have their words, preserved on paper, from the various stages of time.
Love is...honoring and nurturing our sacred relationships.
for almost the past two years, my belongings have been scattered. friends' basements, garages and one cold storage unit in los angeles have kept my things, while i traipsed from house to house, city to city, couch to couch. i have felt much movement beneath my feet these past two years. i am happy today to feel grounded in a perfect space of my own.
sifting through boxes of things in my joyous unpacking this evening, i came across old cards from friends and family with such beautiful letters inside. there was so much expressed on every inch of space, so much love and gratitude.
i was actually catching up with one of those old friends earlier today and after our conversation, i began to look at all the beautiful friendships in my life. i thought back to the time when they all began, when we attracted each other to each other, with genuine magnetism. none of us could've imaged where our journeys would take us, and we couldn't see the deeper attraction at the time, yet felt it was so powerful, special, cosmic :)
as my friends and close family are blossoming on their profound paths, i see these common threads illuminated even more. we were brought together for a reason, and we are supporting each other in these times of awakening.
i feel so blessed to have so many loving friends and family relationships in my life and to have their words, preserved on paper, from the various stages of time.
Love is...honoring and nurturing our sacred relationships.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
celebration!
this past weekend was magical.
there were 7 of us extraordinary beings gathered together in the mountains of snowy park city, utah for the experience of friendship, film, music, nature, shared dreaming and a deepening of our divine connection.
each one of us went there without expectation and received just the perfect gifts.
on our way back, we drove to Kolob Canyons - a part of Zion National Park - to find Matt's point. for those who aren't aware, Matt used to come to these canyons a few times a year with his meditation group. there was a spot on a certain rock that he chose again and again to be his space for meditation. he nicknamed it "the mothership."
though the road to the trailhead was closed, we stopped at the farthest most point we could reach and posed with our LOVE sign in Matt's memory.
i could feel him there with us, in the majestic orange and white snow covered faces of the rock. in the stillness of the park. it was powerful and perfect, and one of many pilgrimages to this sacred place, i'm sure.
this time, we were happy to jump for LOVE in celebration of one of the most beautiful individuals to walk the earth!!
and to jump for each other and this extraordinary life we are creating one amazing moment at a time!!
LOVE is, celebrating life!
there were 7 of us extraordinary beings gathered together in the mountains of snowy park city, utah for the experience of friendship, film, music, nature, shared dreaming and a deepening of our divine connection.
each one of us went there without expectation and received just the perfect gifts.
on our way back, we drove to Kolob Canyons - a part of Zion National Park - to find Matt's point. for those who aren't aware, Matt used to come to these canyons a few times a year with his meditation group. there was a spot on a certain rock that he chose again and again to be his space for meditation. he nicknamed it "the mothership."
though the road to the trailhead was closed, we stopped at the farthest most point we could reach and posed with our LOVE sign in Matt's memory.
i could feel him there with us, in the majestic orange and white snow covered faces of the rock. in the stillness of the park. it was powerful and perfect, and one of many pilgrimages to this sacred place, i'm sure.
this time, we were happy to jump for LOVE in celebration of one of the most beautiful individuals to walk the earth!!
and to jump for each other and this extraordinary life we are creating one amazing moment at a time!!
LOVE is, celebrating life!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
affirmations
a couple days ago, i had my finger on the delete button for this blog.
a gazillion reasons started popping up about what i'd created and was putting out there.
i thought maybe i hadn't thought about it enough, created enough vision.
maybe i was sounding too preachy or naive or maybe i was exposing too much of myself.
perhaps i should have spent more time crafting my writing before i started releasing my words.
i felt so vulnerable, and i felt like i wanted to crawl into somewhere safe, and where no one was reading my blog.
i started listening to all those little voices in my head and they sounded so judgmental, so fearful, so serious.
who am i to be writing about LOVE?
that was one of them - and one of the loudest, actually.
that's when i realized this is exactly what i should be doing then.
because i am love, as we all are, and i am worthy of writing about love.
so, when those less-friendly voices come up, i choose to say instead:
i am worthy of writing about love.
i am beautifully expressing my thoughts and experiences about life.
i am a brilliant creator, perfectly creating my world.
...and on and on with positivity and kindness.
Love is being kind to yourself, removing self-judgment, and reminding yourself how amazing you really are!
a gazillion reasons started popping up about what i'd created and was putting out there.
i thought maybe i hadn't thought about it enough, created enough vision.
maybe i was sounding too preachy or naive or maybe i was exposing too much of myself.
perhaps i should have spent more time crafting my writing before i started releasing my words.
i felt so vulnerable, and i felt like i wanted to crawl into somewhere safe, and where no one was reading my blog.
i started listening to all those little voices in my head and they sounded so judgmental, so fearful, so serious.
who am i to be writing about LOVE?
that was one of them - and one of the loudest, actually.
that's when i realized this is exactly what i should be doing then.
because i am love, as we all are, and i am worthy of writing about love.
so, when those less-friendly voices come up, i choose to say instead:
i am worthy of writing about love.
i am beautifully expressing my thoughts and experiences about life.
i am a brilliant creator, perfectly creating my world.
...and on and on with positivity and kindness.
Love is being kind to yourself, removing self-judgment, and reminding yourself how amazing you really are!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
In joy!
"Your joy factor will remain constant as you are continually refining your ideas of what you want, and that's why it is so important for you to get everybody else out of the equation. They've got their own game going on; they don't understand your game. Give them a break; stop asking them what they think. Start paying attention to how you feel. Joy will be yours immediately, and everything else that you have ever thought would make you happy, will start flowing, seemingly effortlessly, into your experience."
~Abraham "Hicks"
I saw this reminder, and I wanted to share it with you.
Today, I'm feeling that Love is cultivating *JOY* in our lives, and living from within.
~Abraham "Hicks"
I saw this reminder, and I wanted to share it with you.
Today, I'm feeling that Love is cultivating *JOY* in our lives, and living from within.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Love School
The relationships in our lives are constantly evolving.
We never know how other people's experiences are fluctuating in relation to our selves.
So, things come up...
an energy arises from certain circumstances, a comment, a shift in someone's perspective.
When we keep things inside, they tend to build pressure, distort, become little monsters attacking our good sense.
So, it can be best to bring it to the attention of your loved ones if there is need to "clear the air."
I have had the most AMAZING fortune of being called upon recently by certain loved ones in my life to speak their truth with me. Receiving their thoughts, hearing about their experiences, and realizing that they are honoring themselves by getting it out in an honest manner, has been such a lesson for my heart/mind on holding space for each one of them, and learning so much about myself in the process.
It also gave me the chance to be completely OPEN with them as well, exploring that vulnerable territory, but feeling that they were holding space for me too.
My definition of Holding Space -btw- would be that it is a deep listening of all of our senses, without trying to offer anything else but a LOVING energy that allows the other person to feel that you are completely present with them, and thus, offering a safe space for them to be authentic.
Life is like a Love School.
Perhaps we're all students, learning to love ourselves, each other and our living planet. We're learning things like holding space and having clearings with those we love. I will be the first to admit that I feel like a kindergartner a lot of times when it comes to this! I have felt like such a beginner, especially recently. But I'm a hungry student, and I am fully enrolled in this school!!
LOVE is holding safe and sacred space for all people in our lives.
We never know how other people's experiences are fluctuating in relation to our selves.
So, things come up...
an energy arises from certain circumstances, a comment, a shift in someone's perspective.
When we keep things inside, they tend to build pressure, distort, become little monsters attacking our good sense.
So, it can be best to bring it to the attention of your loved ones if there is need to "clear the air."
I have had the most AMAZING fortune of being called upon recently by certain loved ones in my life to speak their truth with me. Receiving their thoughts, hearing about their experiences, and realizing that they are honoring themselves by getting it out in an honest manner, has been such a lesson for my heart/mind on holding space for each one of them, and learning so much about myself in the process.
It also gave me the chance to be completely OPEN with them as well, exploring that vulnerable territory, but feeling that they were holding space for me too.
My definition of Holding Space -btw- would be that it is a deep listening of all of our senses, without trying to offer anything else but a LOVING energy that allows the other person to feel that you are completely present with them, and thus, offering a safe space for them to be authentic.
Life is like a Love School.
Perhaps we're all students, learning to love ourselves, each other and our living planet. We're learning things like holding space and having clearings with those we love. I will be the first to admit that I feel like a kindergartner a lot of times when it comes to this! I have felt like such a beginner, especially recently. But I'm a hungry student, and I am fully enrolled in this school!!
LOVE is holding safe and sacred space for all people in our lives.
Friday, January 8, 2010
from me to me.
today, i spent hours looking for something...
something so irreplaceable that if i never find it, my heart will be broken for quite some time.
if i do find it...(totally a possibility:) my heart will promise to be eternally grateful, and do dances on the clouds!!!
i have been through so much these past many months and it seems now, the dust is finally settling.
there has been so much movement, and wonderful things have been happening in the past few weeks - a great surge of energy!
yet, today, was like the hitting a wall.
i lied in bed, feeling so sad, so lonely, and feeling like i'd give anything to get back what i can't seem to find right now.
i actually lied in bed, wishing i had someone to hold onto, someone to hold me.
then, i realized I'm not alone.
i have me. i have that place inside of me that is light and connected to all things.
there is true comfort and peace there.
and i can go there whenever i want to.
every single person has that light, that place, that connection to the divine - its actually all any of us really has in this life.
so today, love is that place i can go to when i feel alone.
love is a hug from me to me.
something so irreplaceable that if i never find it, my heart will be broken for quite some time.
if i do find it...(totally a possibility:) my heart will promise to be eternally grateful, and do dances on the clouds!!!
i have been through so much these past many months and it seems now, the dust is finally settling.
there has been so much movement, and wonderful things have been happening in the past few weeks - a great surge of energy!
yet, today, was like the hitting a wall.
i lied in bed, feeling so sad, so lonely, and feeling like i'd give anything to get back what i can't seem to find right now.
i actually lied in bed, wishing i had someone to hold onto, someone to hold me.
then, i realized I'm not alone.
i have me. i have that place inside of me that is light and connected to all things.
there is true comfort and peace there.
and i can go there whenever i want to.
every single person has that light, that place, that connection to the divine - its actually all any of us really has in this life.
so today, love is that place i can go to when i feel alone.
love is a hug from me to me.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
All of your days...
Matthew Wadleigh was a light and beautiful spirit who lived and loved for 30 years on this earth.
He was someone who truly engaged in the moments of each day with a sense of inner peace, joy, love and a grand respect for life.
Since his passing in early June 2009, his legacy is living on with an image he created during his life based on a vision he had to create a sign that simply read “LOVE.”
Matt was deeply and joyfully drawn to the music of the Dave Matthews Band for half of his life, and it was at Dave’s concerts that he would hold up his “LOVE” sign for the band and the rest of the audience to see.
It was a gesture of thanks to the band, as well as a declaration of all he felt inside his heart for the music, for this experience of life and for the true value of living in LOVE.
At his memorial, I was able to read a letter that Dave himself had written to all of Matt’s loved ones, as he remembered him fondly.
Also at the memorial that day, we handed out LoVE pins in his honor.
The Matthew Wadleigh Love Foundation was created by his family, and can be visited online at www.mylovesign.com. Here, you can purchase these pins as a donation to the Foundation which will award a loving and kind person in need a monetary gift each year.
I invite you to purchase your own LoVE pins for yourself and your community. It is my hope that in wearing a pin that says “LoVE” on it, you might feel what Matt felt as he held up his sign as an expression of what we’re all here for, to live a life of LoVE.
For many years, I had the complete honor and joy of being one of Matt’s best friends. Our friendship began through adventures in music and pondering life’s biggest questions together at a young age.
We continued to be there for each other through the many stages of life, and he always nurtured our connection in the most thoughtful and generous ways. I can very honestly say that Matt loved me more than any one friend ever has, and now in his passing, I see even more clearly how much there was to learn from him about love.
One of my earliest memories of us was when we were 15 yrs. old, and we were standing together one night, in the moonlight, gazing up and talking...thinking the same things out loud together...wondering about the same questions of our existence...and feeling the same joy and comfort of finding someone in life we could openly and safely dream all our biggest dreams with...
So, in honor of my beautiful friend, I will continue to live my dream, and continue to fulfill his dream...which was simply to spread the message of LoVE.
And with every day that he is gone, I am reminded more and more that we’re never truly gone, as each one of us becomes a real and true part of those we love.
So, for my first entry on this brand new blog, i will say...
Love is sharing.
Sharing our joy, our hearts, and our dreams.
He was someone who truly engaged in the moments of each day with a sense of inner peace, joy, love and a grand respect for life.
Since his passing in early June 2009, his legacy is living on with an image he created during his life based on a vision he had to create a sign that simply read “LOVE.”
Matt was deeply and joyfully drawn to the music of the Dave Matthews Band for half of his life, and it was at Dave’s concerts that he would hold up his “LOVE” sign for the band and the rest of the audience to see.
It was a gesture of thanks to the band, as well as a declaration of all he felt inside his heart for the music, for this experience of life and for the true value of living in LOVE.
At his memorial, I was able to read a letter that Dave himself had written to all of Matt’s loved ones, as he remembered him fondly.
Also at the memorial that day, we handed out LoVE pins in his honor.
The Matthew Wadleigh Love Foundation was created by his family, and can be visited online at www.mylovesign.com. Here, you can purchase these pins as a donation to the Foundation which will award a loving and kind person in need a monetary gift each year.
I invite you to purchase your own LoVE pins for yourself and your community. It is my hope that in wearing a pin that says “LoVE” on it, you might feel what Matt felt as he held up his sign as an expression of what we’re all here for, to live a life of LoVE.
For many years, I had the complete honor and joy of being one of Matt’s best friends. Our friendship began through adventures in music and pondering life’s biggest questions together at a young age.
We continued to be there for each other through the many stages of life, and he always nurtured our connection in the most thoughtful and generous ways. I can very honestly say that Matt loved me more than any one friend ever has, and now in his passing, I see even more clearly how much there was to learn from him about love.
One of my earliest memories of us was when we were 15 yrs. old, and we were standing together one night, in the moonlight, gazing up and talking...thinking the same things out loud together...wondering about the same questions of our existence...and feeling the same joy and comfort of finding someone in life we could openly and safely dream all our biggest dreams with...
So, in honor of my beautiful friend, I will continue to live my dream, and continue to fulfill his dream...which was simply to spread the message of LoVE.
And with every day that he is gone, I am reminded more and more that we’re never truly gone, as each one of us becomes a real and true part of those we love.
So, for my first entry on this brand new blog, i will say...
Love is sharing.
Sharing our joy, our hearts, and our dreams.
Hello, 2010.
You're a new year, a new decade, a new possibility for us...
And I have opened my arms up wide to embrace you, to love your moments...not to hold them, but to allow them to unfold...in love.
Love is...
the title of my new blog.
Here, I will ponder, explore, and question what love is...
What does love mean to you?
What do you think of, see, feel when you see or say the word, Love?
I realize maybe this has been done before -
there's the cartoon called LOVE IS... if you've never seen it, its adorable.
maybe this concept even exists on many a blog out there (?)
but I thought i'd put this out there in the hopes that you share your stories, thoughts, feelings, pictures about Love...
like a community bulletin board...maybe?
its worth a try.
2009 tucked me away from all of you for a while. I apologize. But, sometimes we must go through these chapters in life so we can surface again with a deeper sense of who we are. As i emerge in this new year, i want to bring with me a way to connect with you again. Perhaps this page will be another avenue for that.
2009 was also the year I lost my best friend, Matt.
His great spirit moved on from us to another realm, though what he gave in his life and what he left behind is so beautiful, it constantly brings tears of amazement to my eyes.
The idea for this blog came primarily from being inspired by him, and so I'd like to share with you the story of my amazing friend...
And I have opened my arms up wide to embrace you, to love your moments...not to hold them, but to allow them to unfold...in love.
Love is...
the title of my new blog.
Here, I will ponder, explore, and question what love is...
What does love mean to you?
What do you think of, see, feel when you see or say the word, Love?
I realize maybe this has been done before -
there's the cartoon called LOVE IS... if you've never seen it, its adorable.
maybe this concept even exists on many a blog out there (?)
but I thought i'd put this out there in the hopes that you share your stories, thoughts, feelings, pictures about Love...
like a community bulletin board...maybe?
its worth a try.
2009 tucked me away from all of you for a while. I apologize. But, sometimes we must go through these chapters in life so we can surface again with a deeper sense of who we are. As i emerge in this new year, i want to bring with me a way to connect with you again. Perhaps this page will be another avenue for that.
2009 was also the year I lost my best friend, Matt.
His great spirit moved on from us to another realm, though what he gave in his life and what he left behind is so beautiful, it constantly brings tears of amazement to my eyes.
The idea for this blog came primarily from being inspired by him, and so I'd like to share with you the story of my amazing friend...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)