Riding the Waves of Life

Do the waves of life well up and come crashing down on you?  Are you tossed and pulled under by the undertow just to be coughed up and bowled under, again and again?  It doesn't have to be that way.  You don't have to go through life in fear, paralyzed by doubt of what's next.  Teach yourself to prepare.  Swim out a little, find the wave before it bowls you over, and stroke to catch it.  Make each moment count, and don't worry about what's coming next, because each wave can turn out to be one awesome ride after another.  After you've ridden that wave, you know there are more behind it, and you know to get past those ones that are insignificant, all you gotta do is dive right under them, and prepare for the next big one.  Life presents challenges, and circumstances that we cannot predict, but we can prepare for anything.  Find the rhythm of the current, and flow with it.
Let all the colors, sounds, tastes, smells and feelings present you with all the wonder the world holds.  Life isn't a ride you cannot control, like a roller coaster you're strapped into without your consent.  No, life is what you make it.  You set your goals, learn the rules, engage in roles and go for it.  Make each moment count as if you have nothing left but that moment.  Don't let your life slip on bye, because you'll not have this moment, right here, again.  Don't hold onto the past, and don't fear the future, just make this time the most it can be.  Live...

World of Confusion

After being a stay-at-home mom for the past seven years, it's been quite a challenge to learn how life works with working, again.  The life I had has been turned sideways, and trying to get everything to work in cooperation has been a challenge, too.  I have only been working for four months, so far, and I have to get this confusion to stop!  I thought it would be easier, but with an on-call job where I work different shifts different days without set days off, life at home has come crashing down on me.  Luckily, it's mostly in my mind I need to organize, but still, if it gets as bad in the physical as it has become in the mental, I'll be in trouble.  Now is the time to stop, breathe, focus and regroup.  I have been cutting back in both areas, and now I just have to learn how to get the new life functioning with less break-downs.  It's not fair for anyone for me to get all worked up over tiny things, when the true problem is within me.  I have to get all the thoughts onto paper, and get those thoughts organized as well as organize my house and learn to make time for all my most important things, especially my kids and husband.  My house needs my attention, but the stress was overwhelming.  I do love my jobs, and I know it's important to create a good working history, and I've got goals for future progress, but today is the day I'm in, and today has to be completed to get to the future events.  I've been so confused, lately, and with mine and my husband's schedules not work quite together has made communications difficult.  There has to be down time and recuperation times. 

Butterfly Brain

My brain is like a butterfly.  It's beautiful and complex.  It gets lifted with the slightest breath, and when the rain of life falls, it must take a break, not fly and wait for the brighter days to come.  Its wings fold and expand with the exercise of daily life.  So delicate and flighty!  But, please don't rub, because the powder will come off, and my mind will find it hard to fly anymore.  So, use caution looking into this mind, and be mindful to take care when befriending.  I hurt easy, and I love long.  So many fingers have touched my wings, and they've been repaired over and over again.  I find it difficult to do, and they're never the same after such torment.  The colors, flavors and sweet aromas that drift through to their own drummer fill my world and surround the beauty of it all.  Only three decades have passed, but so much work has been done.  Someday, I hope it will be as beautiful as a Luna Moth.