A Moment At Sea

   "Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul. 

   If either your sails or your rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas.

   For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction. 

   Therefore let your soul exalt your reason to the height of passion, that it may sing;

And let it direct your passion with reason, that your passion may live through its own daily resurrection, and like the phoenix rise above its own ashes."

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

What beautiful words that speak no truer the trials of my heart and soul. My adult life has been a struggle, like most, but not without its lessons and inherent beauty. A love lost might have been the beginning of my story, but the roots of one's childhood and  the subconscious conditioning of culture and society may have had as much of an impact, if not more. I have been a dreamer, a lover and a giver of all that I have to offer, but darkness for a time, consumed me. I have been tossed about and frozen solid all the same. I became lost in an abyss; cynical and broken. My steadfast reason consumed me, consoled me, and tried for too long to keep me safe. My passions became abandoned in a blink of an eye. Grief and sorrow thick like the fog of forgetfulness....

A new chapter begins in my life as not only do I embrace this precious light, but find meaning and forgiveness in the lessons of time now past. It is time now for reflection and examination and a rekindling of the things I love. Movement of the body and mind. Food for the soul..... 

Passions are all we have at times and they can be our saviors, if only we beckon them to return. I have missed deeply this connection to and of myself. I have gone too long but I am ready finally. Ready to seek and to learn all that I can. I've got my ballet slippers on and I am writing away on my first post--of hopefully many to come--and it feels damn good. The greatest realization is that each day is a new day. We begin with a choice--a self-empowered choice--to begin afresh and anew. To abandon those things that have hurt us or not served us well, and to make way for the things that foster our health, inspire our creativity and bolster our happiness. 

Blessed be the strength and courage that comes with the awareness to move forth. 

Growth, love and light to all my loves. 

Thank you for being a part of my life,

for remaining a harbor in my tempest.