Feeling inspired
Got enough rest
So no longer tired
Had no caffeine
Not wired
Just feeling stirred inside
Trying to have my soul open wide
Take the flowers in your spirit
The fragrance of purity and peace
The world may steal your joy
But you know better
Don’t give up or give in
Just enjoy what you have
Blow with the wind
You have to jam within
You only have one life to make a difference
You have to avoid the resistance
That is so persistent
© Carly Wiggins 2017
While I have been on vacation in Vermont my Aunt Linda decided to cook homemade biscottis with me. It was a lot of fun!
I am not much of a baker but I did pretty good. Aunt Linda is a great baker. So I learned from the best: the biscotti queen.
I didn’t think I liked biscotti until I tried her biscottis. Biscotti typically don’t have any fruit and are really dry. We made creative ones.
We made a heath, chocolate chip and apricot one. Also a coconut, mango, apricot and pineapple one. And a chocolate apricot and date one.
They were delicious! What else can I say, except it’s time to hit up the gym again!
Do you like baking? Do you like biscottis?
Creativity beckons us to answer the call of our soul. There is a heart on door in the sky. We have to open the door to affection and enlightenment. And when you open the door you will find more hearts or a more expansive colorful skies. Creativity never ceases.
Walk with your head held high. You will unlock these doors with your mind. It isn’t mind control but action with precise precision, wit, and self-control.
By unlocking these doors you unlock the door to your destiny. Your destiny yields to your actions. And a heart of surrender and a honest mind. Now take the steps to open the door… the door of your soul.
Creativity beckons us to answer the call of our soul. There is a heart on a door and and door in the sky. We have to open the door to affection and enlightenment. And when you open to the door you find more hearts or a more expansive colorful skies. Creativity never ceases.
Walk with your head held high. You will unlock these doors with your mind. It isn’t mind control but action with precise precision, wit, and self-control.
By unlocking these doors you unlock the door to your destiny. Your destiny yields to your actions. And a heart of surrender and a honest mind. Now take the steps to open the door… the door of your soul.
I am happy to participate in Only 100 Words! 🙂 Thanks Following Him Beside Still Waters for his suggestion to partake in this prompt. 🙂
Here are the instructions:
You’ll find full guidelines on the TLT page – here’s the tl;dr:
Happy three-lining! (https://only100words.xyz/2017/07/06/three-line-tales-week-75/)
Here’s the photo they provided:
A bicycle on the strand
This dream seems too real
I think I am going to tease the sand
I am tag a few people who I think would enjoy this exercise too:
Haiku out of Africa Rachel Being Chatty Poetic Writings Steve Still Standing
When you are treading in deep water
Remember God is such a loving Father
It may be difficult at times
Searching for a butterfly amidst all these moths
Or trying to teach beauty to Goths
There may be a needle in a haystack
But how about finding the pearls in the surplus oysters?
Don’t forget to embrace your enemies in the pitch black
You should keep your enemies closer
Because one day you will sit at a table in their presence
God wanted a family, so He created you
To fill that God-shaped hole in Him
Angel messengers were created for God too
Also Mother nature beckons for our cooperation
But don’t forget, God is such a loving Father
(C) Carly Wiggins 2017
I stare from the one of Jupiter’s moons
And look on to the planet
And think about how hot it may be
I am alone in space
But I am not
I have a couple things that nothing can compare to
Two little things called discovery and inspiration
It is the little things that matter, right?
It is the little things that spark your day
And it is those little things that light up dark outer space
© Carly Wiggins 2017
It just tugs at my heart. We keep building and building. We may rather watch a youtube video about the rainforest than visit in in person. And now there is Amazon for groceries instead of the grocery store. We do walk but complain about the heat or rain. We want to be comfortable instead of invigorated.
Not to mention, due to human civilization lands are fragmented and animals displaced are from their own habitat. I hear elephants are becoming more and more scarce. What if the future generations only know an elephant by the TV screen or a book they read? We seem so removed from nature at times.
This reminds me of the Joni Mitchell song, “Big Yellow Taxi” where it says, “Don’t it always seem to go/That you don’t know what you’ve got/’Till it’s gone/They paved paradise/Put up a parking lot.”
Joni speaks very intelligently and says what are the quiet masses are really feeling too. But I don’t think the answer to all of our problems is as simple as getting rid of parking lots. The population is too dense for that to be a rational solution. But you may say, what about more birth control? They may help in the short term, but the population will still continue to grow as each family typically has at least two children.
And I believe God wants us to grow and thrive. And we must continue to increase because He wants a bigger family! 🙂 But we can choose how we respond to nature and consumerism, which I find is a huge culprit to being removed from nature. If we aren’t connected to our possessions a lot, maybe we could be more possessed by nature? I am not saying we should live without possessions as John Lennon aptly said in the song, “Imagine,” “Imagine no possessions/I wonder if you can/No need for greed or hunger.” Appropriate of an ideal world to create world peace but not realistic.
I am just suggesting maybe we could make more sacrifices. Possibly rest more on Sundays and maybe over time, more businesses will change their hours of operation and, except for emergency facilities like hospitals and police departments can be open on Sundays. My mom told me back in the day most places weren’t open for business on Sundays. We just could use more rest. Not just physical rest but also mental rest.
We could also walk more outside than go on a treadmill. These are all just ideas.
We have all heard this before and I am not trying to come across too cliché but the solution is in your hands. Nature is waiting for you. 🙂
Honest question: Do you feel removed from nature sometimes?
(C) Carly Wiggins 2017
I am chilling in Vermont. 😀 I come to this rural part of the country a couple times a year for a week or so with my parents.
Yes, you may be wondering if I LIKE spending that much time with my parents as a grown adult. To concisely put it: I do. 😀 It’s a breath of fresh air to be close to nature (pun intended).
I live in Houston, Texas, a sprawling flat-land city with 6 lanes going in out of the city on both sides. I enjoy the hustle and bustle, but sometimes I enjoy the rustic life with hiking in cooler weather (it’s 100 degrees or more in a Houston in August now) and without the constant reminder of air pollution and busy cars traveling. But I love the busyness and blooming businesses of Houston. And I am happy to have the best of both worlds.
I went to a Farmer’s Market last Sunday in Stowe, Vermont. Stowe is an small town of less than 5,000 people. They have music playing a lot of the time at the Farmer’s Market, predominantly blues. They have booths set up with food, clothing, jewelry, etc. But the main attraction is their fresh produce of tomoates, cucumbers, apples, berries, etc. It’s from the very heart of the locals from their farm in Stowe or a surrounding Vermont town straight to the market to your kitchen. The locals are very friendly and informative about their products.
Here are some pics:
Have you been to a Farmer’s Market before?
~ (Carly) Message In Stanza
Enjoying Vermont a little bit! 🙂
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