Tag Archives: life

When you shatter

Posted on January 15, 2018 by aletalane

When you shatter may all the pieces show you what it feels like to know you were whole once When you shatter from the weight of footsteps on the tenderest parts of you, may you know what it’s like to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

When she’s alone

Posted on August 18, 2017 by aletalane

When she’s alone she cries out To let her feel Her soul Moving like water She wants to know How it makes its way Through the cracks That make up her inner canyons Let her be inside The ocean waves … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Alive

Posted on July 3, 2017 by aletalane

Breathe deep Cry out Turn inward Tread softly Love freely Run hard Kiss sweetly Dance wild Touch gently Feel fully Laugh loudly Cry honestly Smile willingly Rest often Travel onward   -Alive      

Posted in Poems | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

My heart contains me

Posted on May 25, 2017 by aletalane

This world contains me, but it does not protect me.  But I did not come here expecting to be protected, I came to be exposed.  I came for the feel of a complete immersion, to feel the veils of emotion … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughts from the soul | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Blessed is the beauty of your life

Posted on April 19, 2017 by aletalane

Blessed are those who have made it here, now.  Blessed are those who have felt the furious heart-pounding element of pure wrath and have felt the tang of bitter disappointment fill their mouths.  Blessed are you, for you have chosen … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughts from the soul | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Let it be

Posted on April 4, 2017 by aletalane

I joined a ‘talisman of the month’ club (www.soulmantras.com.  Check it out, it’s awesome). For the month of March, the mantra is ‘Let It Be’. Those are scary words for a world in which we strive to fight doing exactly … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughts from the soul | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Making of Mistakes

Posted on March 31, 2017 by aletalane

Mistakes are a part of life.  Everyone makes them, at all stages of life.  Mistakes are how we learn and grow and evolve.  Mistakes can spur us on to making changes to how we conduct certain activities, and if you’re … Continue reading →

Posted in General blogs | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

On finding grace in the hard choices

Posted on February 7, 2017 by aletalane

All of life is a choice.  It’s just one big choice, one big question, “Do you choose to live?” At one point in time, we’ve all made the biggest choice there is: to come to this life, this planet, this … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughts from the soul | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Wildness, in my own terms

Posted on January 9, 2017 by aletalane

Today I was asked what it means to be wild, to have a wild heart. What a great question.  Upon being asked this question, I realized I don’t really know what being wild means to me. So I will write … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughts from the soul | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A heart of sea-glass

Posted on December 23, 2016 by aletalane

I see you there darling.  I see you guarding your sea-glass heart, foamy green and specked with red.  I know you remember its inception, how it started out crystal-clear and over a lifetime was tossed about in your ocean center.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughts from the soul | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment