I currently find myself in a place in the world that provoked my Mom to send me the quote below. After taking a moment to internalize it, I had to share ...
"We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that what is deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit." - e.e. Cummings
Somehow, Thanksgiving passed without a Thankful post here on Karmalized Life, but that doesn't mean I am not INCREDIBLY thankful, grateful, whatever you want to call it, for the gifts that have been magically, yes, magically presented to me during the past few months. They did not all appear to be gifts at first, some seemed more like soul-tearing wounds sprinkled with salt. But those same things that made me cry and cringe earlier this year, have ultimately reminded me of a greater strength that lives within and often emerges only during times of tragedy or great sadness. The sudden, difficult changes in my life long plans and the severe heartbreak I experienced this past summer brought me to where I am today. For the first time in a long while, I feel I am standing on the edge of a grand cliff, able to look to the horizon and see why my journey led me here, to this space, very different from what I could have imagined 6 months ago. This is a song I wrote in college when something happened in my life that didn't make any sense and forced me to live outside my comfort cube but was all the more wonderful because of its spontaneity. Sometimes my friends, you get blind sided by life and it's a lovely thing.
LiFe’S InViSiBlE
You may have your eyes wide open
You may have your journey planned
You know just where you’re going to
You know just where you’ll land
But you can’t see life coming
In every color, every form,
It’s like the wind at lightning’s speed
The hour before the storm
Ships navigate rough waters
When they’re sailing on the sea
But obstacles divert their course
And lost they’ll always be
So don’t plan on planning out your life
Just choose one road to take
And from that point make twists and turns
And welcome your mistakes
‘Cause you can’t see life coming
In every color, every form,
It’s like the wind at lightning’s speed
The hour before the storm
Endlessly you wonder
What does the future hold?
A lifetime of good fortune
Or dreams lost, love gone cold
But don’t stare into the future
And please don’t dwell upon your past
Cause life is happening right now
but it won’t always last
‘Cause you can’t see life coming
In every color, every form,
It’s like the wind at lightning’s speed
The hour before the storm
Written by Miss Lindsay Lorraine Jones
2 comments:
You are so brave. I can't believe what you've come through this year, and to be on the other side now, with such an amazing positive outlook... you are incredible. My mom and I were talking yesterday and you came up, she said how brave you were to change course, and how glad we both are that you've come through shining. We all love you, and we are thankful to have you as family. Love the song. Sara
Linz, your post made me cry. I can relate to it so much. Life has not gone at ALL how i thought it would or how I planned it either, i would never have imagined myself where i am at today. Everything happened pretty much backwards in my life when i think about it! ha! But honestly now I couldn't imagine my life without my little blessing, and I am so thankful that my life didn't go the way i had so desperately wanted it to. Your poem is just awesome and I am so thankful you shared it. It came at a perfect time. I am so proud of you.
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