Refresh
Inhale
Breathe
Exhale
Expand Heart with Breath
Open
New Moment, New Day, New Week, New Month, New Year
Sigh and Whisper your Prayer to the One who knows your Heart, knows your every thought, holds your hands in light and dark.
Blink
12/28/2023
“Photograph from larger Painting in Brussel’s Museum” ~ Eyes Opened @NCTreesPhotography
That place between doing and being
Doing something
Being present
Balance
Play and work
Art and life’s demands and details
Balance
Prayer and meditation
Balance
Yoga and stillness
Balance
Listening and speaking
©Anita Adams 7/16/2023
Change
Age
Work
Love
Care
In the midst of
Breath
Listen
Quiet thoughts
In the midst of
Love guides.
~Anita Adams 7/10/23
A Spring Rain falls from the clouds above
landing softly with a trickle-trickle sound as it travels through the downspout to the ground
Birds perched in the trees, chirp and rejoice as mother earth also welcomes the fresh water to nourish her parched parts beneath the lush green grass.
A Rain Day … I’ll take it
We didn’t have snow days this winter not even one, the first ever in my 50+ years of living the Appalachian Mountains, this will have to do.
And I, like the birds, grass and trees, welcome the sounds with open ears and an open heart to be still and listen.
There’s an expression I’ve heard or read: “Wherever you find yourself, therein be content.”
Today I have found myself in my little corner room, window open to hear and enjoy the sounds from the rain and birds and experience the wind as it gently blows across my cheek.
In this moment, I find myself content.
©Anita Adams May 2023
Step Softly
Upon the grass
Over the rocks
Around the flowers
Spring is here
Small blooms appear in the most obscure places.
Take care to notice their presence.
Step Softly
Holy Week
is a time for walking with friends
for remembering the One(s) who gave their lives for us and asked only this– BELIEVE
Spring has sprung and with it the birds and their songs
New leaves on the Maple Tree
Forsythia, Daffodils, Tulips, Trillium, Bloodroot, Violets, Trout Lillys and so much more
Step softly
Listen
Nature in all her forms is celebrating their birthday
And we are gifted another breath and wonder
Step softly
©Anita Adams 4/03/23
Growing up in the Appalachian Mountains where there is snowfall beginning in October, ususally the 31st and sometimes not ending until the first week of April.
Now 2023, and NO snow to speak of. I miss it!
I realized the unexpected ‘Snow Day that becomes a Holiday’ hasn’t happened.
No sledding. No hot chocolate.
No TRUE ‘snow music’ that comes from just listening to the snow fall and its heavenly crisp tingling sound as it falls gently on the leaves, branches and any cold surface.
No unexpected adventure to the highest peak to walk in virgin snow and capture photos, make snow angels, sled and snowball games.
Winter Slumber
When ALL get to genuinely rest and the body and mind are able to restore themselves with a new peaceful vigor.
When and where ART becomes the activity of the day, or making a delicious pot of Chicken Vegetable Soup. And, for someone special, their favorite chocolate brownies.
Winter Slumber
Silent
Necessary
Inventive
Restorative
Creative
Peaceful
Longing for this necessary cycle of life in the Appalachian Mountains
©Anita Adams 2/25/2023
in stillness I sit
bluebird comes to the bath outside my window
beautiful is she
daffodils are blooming on the bank and it’s February
pond is flowing with the sounds of trickle trickle
pines stand tall at the top of the hill, firmly rooted
Still here Still here
Life and all that’s in it is … Still here
~Anita Adams 1/29/2023
What have I learned? What have you learned? What would I like to learn?
It’s a BIG question.
My answer is this: to TRUST more .. LISTEN more to the soft Whisperer within (God/True Source) – to BELIEVE with my whole heart
Life is fleeting. I’ve endured much loss – friends, spouses, days and nights to worry or fright – only to realize shortly thereafter that there is no need to worry – no benefit – however, to TRUST, PRAY, LISTEN, OPEN my HEART to God/True Source’s guidance and BELIEVE all will be well , therein, I find my wish for ALL persons – CONTENTMENT
What does Contentment look like to me?
It’s realizing that ALL I need, ALL around me is ENOUGH and ENJOY every moment of…
Life is NOT all doom and gloom – it’s different
What I’m learning is to look with eyes open, ears and heart open, hands – open to what’s ALL around me and say Thank you!
As I said I’m learning – NOT perfect, nor, would I want to be.
Happy year of Contentment is my wish for ALL in this New Year!
~ Anita 12/30/22
Clouds gather
Room darkens
Colder is the air
Autumn fades and with it, so do the leaves
Squirrel buries acorns on the bank
Birds feast on the feeders
Busy mind wanders
Heart longs for creative expression to reign
A familiar refrain comes to mind ‘Where does love go when the lights go out?’
Love is always here residing in the Heart, the Whisperer reminds me
The only thing required from you is to ‘Believe’
The answers may not be evident. Waiting is required. I’m not good at waiting.
Yet, I know, when the door opens effortlessly, I am walking in alignment with the Source of All Knowingness and Love, and once again, All WILL be Well.
©Anita Adams 11/25/2022
As a child I dreamt of flying often
teaching people how to fly
the feeling of REAL freedom
freedom of thought, location, restraint, rules and a welcoming sense of
Peace, Acceptance, Love, Safety, Security and a DEEP Knowingness that ALL IS WELL
God is with me always, I need not fear any thing or any one
I have always believed that there is something I have to teach, to share, yet, I know I must learn more first, then, I can truly share my experience, strength and hope;
like the Oak Tree, my Prayers form with each root;
each utterance of this prayer is flown from the Birds and Butterflies who take them to the Heavens and are later turned into sunshine, rain or snow and fall back upon me softly to be absorbed, and the cycle continues
6/20/22
