Life in the Free Lane...

Free to choose, free to deny, free to move and have my being enveloped in the sweet air of grace, of compassion, of mercy and love...

I look about me at miracles each day...sipping hot coffee as I listen to birdsong early in the morning...a cool breeze blowing and wafting across my body after a hot day...that first stretch in the morning after a good nights sleep...the loving moose cavorting at my feet (ok, waist height) after climbing from bed...the love of a child who loves with all he has...the familiar camaraderie of crew who all sync'd this year in ways utterly unexpected...

God is good...oh He is good...

My face is set to the future, my mind sharpened and honed by adversity and fearful outcomes...goals and dreams come to sit and speak on future events, they stay to plan, to move into directions best suited to completion and the winners circle.

I look not to past events until they present themselves to be dissected, reflected and boxed up under oceans of compassion and kindness.

I look not to the beast for answers, nor understanding, for therein lays deception and malfeasance, insanity and evil.

I look not to a man hiding his true character behind smiles meant to disarm and ready for pain and torture.

Dear friends...there is life, and it IS abundant...whether rich or poor we live in wealth beyond the imagination of the monster left behind. We live in creativity they can only hope to duplicate...it is evident if only you look, if only you truly see...it is NOT betrayal to see them for who they are...it is only a betrayal of self to bury intuition, to shelve high up out of reach the red flags that pepper you as you walk through confusion and disorientation created by, fashioned by, lovingly shaped by the person professing to love you.

You are worthy of kindness, of respect, of love and attention...if you step back and view with the lens of a loved one, you will see...truly see what has been popping and jumping within your own hesitant heart.

My prayer for you today is courage...is the ability to see and know that no matter where you may roam, this is not for you...you belong in circles of compassion, in leaps of grace and understanding....you do not belong to disdain, to contempt, to psychological abuses and physical threats...

May God richly bless you with eyes to see, with a heart of knowledge and wisdom, with the breastplate of truth...may you walk in grace and fortitude and find your way free from the chains that bind you.

God bless each day and night ahead with a peace that passes all understanding as you make your way, as you walk your own personal path...

Remember dear treasures, you are worthy of all that is good, of all that is lovely...