and so it goes

I am getting ready for my trip to Hawaii presently. I’m doing a presenation for the National Expressive Arts Therapy Association’s Annual Conference in Honolulu. It feels a little scarey but also exciting. I am most delighted that I get to sink my toes into the sand in Kauai for a week after the conference….

the not-so-secret swing Originally uploaded by torontofotobug. There are times in life when I feel like I’m suspended by a chain, not sure where to go or what to do. I have so long been driven by the need to please others, so long pulled in the vortex of the needs of others… and now…….

And that’s an order! 😉 I went out looking for something “orderly” for Photo Friday this week. I have an eye for love, self-expression and freedom far more than I do for “order”, I guess. Not having luck with “order”, I started seeing orders like, “keep out” or “stop at light” that our society uses…

“Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived.” -Captain Jean-Luc Picard This is why I wear ladybug rainboots to the pumpkin patch, splash barefoot in mud…

“And we are put on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love.” -William Blake One of my friends recently stopped communicating with me out of the blue. I intuitively felt something was going on so I asked him why he was so quiet. He replied back telling me…