Choose To Be Here

Collect the jagged pieces
don’t be afraid
they are what 
you are made of anyway.

Collect the jagged pieces
lay them side by side,
let them become something, 
new.

Life is not random, nor are things
meant to be.

Life is an opportunity to be a part
of the great unfolding, to consciously
move in the grooves of God, creation, mystery.

Whatever you call or do not call it,
how is it anything but unbelievably grand?

How is it anything but beautiful terrible and 
undeniably real,
that everyday is full of gorgeous choices
that lead this way or that,
moments that decide everything.

Chose your guide and listen - 
follow a path.
A path, some path, whatever it is.

Choose and follow, allow your own
great unfurling, unfolding, expressing, exposing.

Choose to be here.

The Sweet Unknown

I recently discovered this incredible, rocking, soulful album. Erika has been on the journey, and what a gift she has brought back with her.

http://www.erikawennerstrom.com

On Lizzo and the Important Importance of a Good Dance Party

The power of a good dance party was revealed to me in early high school. I can still remember the Fall dance where “Bust a Move” released the magical elixir of life-with-boogie into my body. Oh, dancing.

I have loved dancing ever since, engaging in many the dance party — solo, wedding, and club — since. But it was only recently that I began to ask the people I work in therapy with the simple question, “Do you dance?”

If you are coming into my office seeking happiness, joy, and a life more realized, how will that be achieved without dancing and music? I do not know a way. So this has become standard for me lately, asking about dancing, listening to music, enjoying art. In short, what do you do that allows you to connect to the stream of life’s great brilliance? For to move towards what you love is truly the ultimate cure for FOMO, IMHO.

Just when you think you know something about life, someone like Lizzo comes along to teach you otherwise. The revolution she is bringing is real, important, and man, fun. If you haven’t discovered her yet, I don’t suggest listening until you have plenty of space, to DANCE.