rain falls outside in the dark
the sound is comforting
the ground is drinking
worms are swimming
keys are tapping
water splashing
another day has passed
it’s dark and time has lapsed
tick tock goes the clock
another day gone
work sucks the energy from me and he
another day inside
deprived of the trees
longing for the weekend
the forest
the trail
the streams
another day
tick tock
trips to see grandchildren, family and friends
hugs
plane rides to Europe
trails to explore without face coverings
movies on the big screen
smiling faces
coffee with friends
going to school
attending live concerts
regular Mass attendance day or weekend
art classes in person
eating out
dressing up
Some things to be REALLY GRATEFUL for…
clean air
blue skies
clear, clean rivers and streams
time to write what’s in my heart
hikes every weekend
a home
running water
Zoom and Duo
heat and air conditioning
a garden
art day
karaoke night
movie night
a good book
photographs, paper, pen, pencil, scissors and glue
mending strained relationships
putting life into perspective
having employment
working with loving individuals
the colours green, blue and pink
yoga
clean laundry
enough food to eat and share
art in all its forms
Hugs
from someone you love
Gratitude for …..
Gratitude for what’s been and what’s now is…
Interesting how the positives weigh out the negatives
Europe in a few Snaps
a favorite Holiday
anticipated joy
clean slate
white magic
everything – clean
decorated – the trees and branches
an invitation to play
sled
an unexpected – art day
Snow Magic!
©Anita Adams 2021
is upon us
followed by Christmas
nights are longer and colder
the Christmas Star makes an appearance when Saturn and Jupiter form a brilliant star as they appear in the night sky.
Clouds part and the skies have been colorful!
Sunrises and sunsets are brilliant!
Will we have a white Christmas with fluffy snowflakes – enough to sled in? It’s everyone’s Christmas wish!
This year has proven to be one of the most challenging in my life and in the lives of everyone I know from Brussels to Washington State, Providence Rhode Island to Pantego North Carolina, every country, city, town and island in-between.
Recently a friend asked a question on Facebook has anyone accomplished anything they are proud of? I answered with the following:
There’s been many opportunities to love, to give, to share what I have with others, and I have done my best.
What will 2021 bring? I don’t know. What I do know is that praying to God and taking care of myself is essential, if I am to help others.
Planting seeds of kindness and gratitude will produce love the size of sunflowers.
May God bless each of you with health and a heart full of gratitude and kindess.
© Anita Adams 2020
my heart is open
to your guidance
my eyes are open
to your beauty
my ears are open
for your guidance
Hope
Faith
Love
Joy
exist
through it all
© Anita Adams 2020
stigma
color
smile
laughter
withdrawn
grief
all COVID aches
we ALL feel them
what’s the answer
sit in the uncomfortable
accept that we are all different
our beliefs, our gender, our voices, our collective concscious
the time is here to join as one voice – united
for good, truth, kindness, empathy, compassion, forgiveness
in love
©Anita Adams 10/2020
a simple question has rested on my desk for a year or more –
it reads Where am I headed? – a great question. These are my reflections today….
Where am I headed?
Hours turn into days
days into weeks
weeks into months
time, tasks, memories and dreams are all that are left
an invisible bag of dreams
photographic and emotional memories
with no where to go, no where to run – except to God
as I stand at the foot of the mountain or a day of enormous work demands- before I climb – I pause, take a deep breath and pray to the Divine – ‘Guide me – I do not know where or what you want of me – Guide me’
exercising my body and mind – I follow a schedule and take each moment as it comes…
…. when moments of laughter or joy surface – I give in and embrace these as a miracle
when tears fall, I let them flow
at the end of the day, I see that I made it through another day – unscathed, stronger or softer, more open than closed, more grateful than not – perhaps, the answer to the question: Where am I headed? is this – Awareness and Gratitude for all the Blessings seen and felt.
Peace to you on your Journey of Life.
~ Anita 9/2020
circling is my pencil
cycling my feet
spinning for joy
walking – peace
twirling for fun
digging in the creek- to discover stone treasures underneath
climbing mountains to breathe in the view
hiking to explore
swimming in the ocean my body is alive
Flying without wings – a dream achieved
when sadness is all one feels
when death surrounds us
when confined small spaces either mentally or physically cause one to hold their breath
when another way fails to present itself
when the prescribed medication turns into an addiction and you choose to continue to struggle for your memory each day and live, rather than be held hostage to the drug that’s coursing through your veins and wants you to take your life
when the scale has jumped ten pounds and clothing is too tight
when there’s no bread on the bread aisle even though you may not eat it, it makes you cry for those who do
when the rain falls from the sky full of acid and destroys the evergreens
when officials believe the Black lives don’t matter
when others are starving and we have plenty to share even if the bread shelves are empty
when the innocent are incarcerated without evidence or killed because of the color of one’s skin
What then?
heart cries out HELP to the one who resides within – and soon the cry becomes a prayer
and one day the prayer is answered by the one within with a question: What took you so long?
relaxed and assured – I know now – Enough is Enough
© Anita Adams
Written 12/31/2019
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Health
Joy
Life’s purpose
All collide to form an artistic mosaic
Earth is returned to dirt and light
Moon and Sun
Birds’ song and flight
Seasons once present – beckon to return
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Love’s root – the Oak
Its branches – the birds’ song
All combined, reach up to the Heavens – to the One who resides there
All Hearts connected through an invisible thread – Love
Listen to Love’s guidance
attentive presence is all that’s required
~ Anita Adams 12/31/2019
Called to Write 