let me tell you the tale
of this free soul who dared
to stay free as long as she could
and people were scared
and people amazed
they wished they were, but impossible it looked Read More

Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known. Read More

The other day during my singing lesson, I was trying to hit some high notes in a song, when my vocal coach and dear friend Randy Esen, interrupted saying “try to relax your throat and not force, instead of pushing and trying to control, try relaxing and letting the notes flow out” and when I did that, the notes and the song almost effortlessly came out.

Just like this in life, we find ourselves trying to control and force some things or people to change or happen by trying to force, correct, make “right”.  This way our minds think we can “help” them or “save” them from what “we” feel is supposedly “not good for them” or “wrong”. Read More