TIME

TIME STANDS STILL FOR NO ONE
SOME TIMES IT SEEMS TO CREEP SLOWLY ALONG
MOSTLY THOUGH TIME SEEMS TO FLY BY
I HAVE LEARNT THE LESSON THAT OTHERS ALREADY KNOW
DON'T PUT OFF DOING THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO
BECAUSE TIME IS NOT ON YOUR SIDE
AGE FOLOWS TIME NATURALLY
AND NEITHER WILL PATIENTLY WAIT WHILE YOU SIT IN LIMBO
DON'T PUT OFF DOING THE THINGS YOU REALLY WANT TO DO
FATHER TIME IS ALWAYS STANDING IN THE WING WAITING
SO I AM CREATING THIS MANTRA 'I CAN, I WILL, I AM'
I CAN DO, I WILL DO...I AM DOING
NOW IS IMPORTANT
SUCCESS IS A POINT OF VIEW
DECIDING NOT TO WASTE TIME
VITAL!

RESOLUTIONS

HERE WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF A NEW YEAR
RESOLUTIONS IN HAND, SUCCESS IN MIND
AND AS I STUDY MY LIST I COME TO THE REALISATION
THAT ITS MUCH THE SAME AS LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT
SAD BUT TRUE
EVERY YEAR I BELIEVE I CAN COMMITTE TO BEING HEALTHIER, FITTER AND LOOSING WEIGHT AND EVERY YEAR I START
NEEDLESS TO SAY I DON'T SUCCEED
I USE TO THINK THAT I DON'T HAVE PERCEVERENCE BUT I HAVE CHANGED MY MIND
I DO RETRY OVER AND OVER AGAIN
SO AS LONG AS I AM TRYING THERE HAS TO BE SOME SUCCESS?
MEARLY COMMITTING TO TRYING HAS TO MEAN SOME THING! RIGHT!
SO HERE I STAND AT THE HEAD OF ANOTHER YEAR
RESOLUTIONS ON MY WALL
SUCCESS IN MY MIND
STARTING OVER AGAIN
PRAYING AND HOPING THAT NEXT YEARS LIST WILL BE A NEW ONE.

I CHOOSE

AS I LAY HERE FEELING THE CANCER HOLDING ONTO ME
FEELING THE ANGER AND FEARS RISING
NEEDING TO SHOUT
"WHY ME"

I REACH INSIDE AND SEE YOU
YOU MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, SO FULL OF LOVE AND GRACE
YOU MY LOVE WHO OPENS MY HEART TO JOY
YOU MY FAMILY WHO WEEPS FOR ME AND HOLDS ME CLOSE
WITH LOVING ARMS
YOU MY FRIENDS WHO SMILE AND LAUGH SO THAT I WILL
NOT SIT IN DARKNESS

YOU I HOLD ONTO
LIKE LOOKING THROUGH THE LENS AND CHOOSING A
FRAME OF REFERENCE
I CHOOSE ALL OF YOU
BEAUTY AND GRACE, LOVE AND JOY...HOPE AND DREAMS
LETTING GO OF PAIN AND FEAR
I CHOOSE YOU!


TO SHARLANE
MAY HEALING BLANKET YOU...MIND BODY AND SOUL

BLESSINGS BE
DEBRA RAE

HA HUMBUG

XMAS IS OVER AND NOW LET PEACE BE RESTORED
I DON'T KNOW FOR ANY ONE ELSE BUT XMAS FOR ME
IS FULL OF SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY, EATING TOO MUCH FOOD
AND LISTENING TO THE SAME OLD STUFF OVER AND OVER AGAIN
IT IS A SEASON OF I HAVE TO'S NOT I WANT TO'S
I ADMIT I AM BECOMING A HUMBUG MISER AS I CONTEMPLATE XMAS!
I FEEL NO YOUTHFUL JOY ANYMORE
MY KIDS ARE GROWN AND AS YET I DON'T HAVE GRANDCHILDREN
EVERY YEAR I THINK I WILL CONCENTRATE LESS ON ME AND MY AND MORE
ON AIDING OTHERS...SO FAR I AM NOT WINNING
WHY DOES XMAS BRING OUT THE WORST NOT ENCOURAGE THE BEST?
WHEN DID WE ALLOW THE COMMERCALISATION OF XMAS BE THE
REASON FOR CELEBRATION
WHEN DID WE LOOSE FOCUS ..AND MORE IMPORTANTLY HOW DO WE CHANGE!
WHAT IS XMAS? REALLY THE BIRTH OF JESUS AND CATHOLIC FAITH?
I AM NOT A FAN OF CHURCH AND BEING LECTURED TO...I HAVE RARELY LEFT A SERMON FEELING INSPIRED
SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE ME?
I HAVE 12 MONTHS AHEAD BEFORE XMAS COMES AGAIN
MAYBE I NEED TO BE OPEN TO GIVING AND RECEIVING WITH GRACE
MAYBE I NEED TO CELEBRATE THE ESSENCE OF XMAS ON A ON GOING BASIS?
PEACE AND GOODWILL TO ALL
WELL I CAN THINK IT .....MAYBE I NEED TO APPLY IT!
MAYBE BY THINKING AND DOING IN MY OWN SMALL WAY
PEACE AND GOODWILL WILL HAVE A MEANING, BECOME A FEELING...BECOME A REALITY!
MY WISH IS THAT BY NEXT XMAS, I WILL FACE IT WITH YOUTHFUL JOY NOT FOREBODING...THAT THE REAL REASONS FOR XMAS WILL BE EASY TO SEE AND CELEBRATE
PEACE AND GOODWILL TO ALL, AND TO ALL A.....GREAT DAY


BLESSINGS BE
DEBRA RAE

DRAGON'S OD'E

DRAGON'S BLOOD WITHIN ME
LET ME HEAR YOUR SONG
MAY THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES UNFOLD
LET ME FEEL THEM RISE
TRAILING MISTS OF TIME
KNOWLEDGE PROFOUND
HEART BEATING STRONG
LOVE ACKNOWLEGED - FIRES RESTORED
COMPANION WITHIN
TOGETHER WE ROAR!
CONQUERING THE FEARS
RESTORING BALANCE
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM
DRAGON'S BLOOD...DRAGON'S MITE
FIRES BRIGHT
ENCASE ME IN YOUR FLAME
BURN AWAY THE OLD,UNUSED AND FILL ME WITH
THE BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT OF TRUTH AND COMPASSION
DRAGON'S BLOOD TOGETHER WE JOIN
TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

AS WE ALL GATHER FOR CHRISTMAS WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY WE SHOULD TAKE A MINUTE OR TWO TO REFLECT ON A YEAR THAT IS ALMOST AT A END.
DID YOU HAVE A YEAR THAT WAS ALL THAT YOU WANTED. DID YOU FULFILL EVERYTHING ON YOUR TO-DO-LIST...DID YOU HAVE TIME TO HAVE FUN AND EMBRACE THE SAFETY AND LOVE AROUND YOU....DID YOU APPRECIATE YOUR ACHIEVMENTS EITHER GREAT OR SMALL OR JUST BE THANKFUL THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING AT ALL. DID YOU DO SOMETHING NICE FOR ANOTHER OR OPENED YOUR HEART TO FORGIVE...DID YOU GO GREEN OR HELPED OUT A STRANGER IN NEED....WERE YOU NICE WHEN YOU DID'T WANT TO BE!.....AS YOU LOOK BACK ON YOUR YEAR ARE YOU AT PEACE WITH WHERE YOU ARE AT NOW AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW YEAR....MY WISH IS THAT THIS IS WHERE YOU STAND HAPPY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE....
NOW IF YOU ARE STANDING WITH ANGER OR PAIN OR NEGATIVE THOUGHTS
I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU HAVE A CHOICE HERE, IN THIS MOMENT TO KEEP THAT ENERGY ALIVE AND WELL AND CARRY IN FORWARD INTO THE NEW YEAR OR YOU CAN CHOOSE TO JUST LET IT GO!!! THE CHOICE IS YOURS AND YES IT IS THAT SIMPLE!
CHOOSING IS A SIMPLE BUT PROFOUND ACT ....CHOOSE TO LET GO NOW...CHOOSE TO FORGIVE YOURSELF AND OTHERS....CHOOSE TO NOT DWELL ON THE ENERGY OF THE SITUATION WHEN IT REAPPEARS....THE CHOICE TO CHOOSE IS YOURS ALONE!
JUST THINK HOW FABULOUS IT IS TO ENTER A NEW YEAR WITH A OPEN MIND, HEART AND SOUL TO THE POSSIBILITIES THAT AWAIT US EVERY NEW DAY THAT WE WAKEN WITH OPENNESS!
NOW THAT IS MY WISH FOR MYSELF AND EVERYONE ONE ELSE....
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND BLESSINGS BE

DEBRA RAE

LOVE AND FREEDOM

I REALLY THINK THAT IT GETS TO A POINT THAT ALOT OF US JUST FORGET TO APPRECIATE
THE REALLY IMORTANT THINGS IN LIFE!
FOR ME AND I BELIEVE FOR MOST OF US THAT IS FORMOST LOVE.
IT IS FOR ME THE LOVE I HAVE FOR MY HUSBAND AND CHILDREN. THEN FOR MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND MY BELOVED DOGS.

I AM THEN THANKFUL THAT I AM ABLE TO WORSHIP AS I WISH THAT I HAVE FREEDOM TO EXPRESS AT WILL.
LOVE AND FREEDOM
OFTEN REALLY UNAPPRECIATED OR EVEN CONSIDERED!

IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE MORE EXTERNAL OUR WORLD IS THE LESS WE CONNECT WITH LOVE AND FREEDOM...WE GET CAUGHT UP IN STUFF. SO SAYNG I ALSO BELIEVE THE MORE WE GET CAUGHT UP IN INTERNALISING THE LESS WE LOOK AROUND AT THOSE SUPPORTING US!
IF WE CAN FREELY BE HAPPY IN HAVING AND GIVING LOVE, DON'T YOU THINK THAT, THAT LOVE WOULD SPREAD AND GROW, SPIRALING OUTWARDS AND OUTWARDS UNTIL IT COVERS OUR WORLD! JUST BEING OPEN TO LOVING AND RECIEVING THAT LOVE....NO CONDITIONS...NO EXPECTATIONS.....WELL THATS A THOUGHT I AM TAKING ON BOARD, GIVEN THAT I HAVE THE FREEDOM TO DO SO AND ENOUGH LOVE IN ME TO SHARE!

BLESSINGS BE THIS FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER
MERRY CHRISTMAS
DEBRA RAE