maybe all i ever needed
was to let life come to me
to stop trying so hard
to wait
and listen
to be a bowl
to be filled
more chalice
less blade
i like being filled up
i like being soft
![bricolage project day 6 [beginnings]](https://kymberleedellaluce.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/bricolage_project_10-06-15.jpg)
The Beginnings and Ends of Shadow Today’s randomly chosen word, beginnings, comes from the achingly beautiful book, Ā Ā Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan. Ā I got the book for my daughter and ended up reading it. Ā I’m so glad I did. Ā It’s the kind of story that takes your heart out, squeezesĀ it hard, heals…
Last night I received a scathing comment on this blog post from a woman who is a friend of a friend. One of the people who lives on the edges of my life. The post clearly triggered her own feelings of low self-worth so she lashed out at me. In our subsequent email exchange, she…
the emperor as she builds foundations her Mother Earth solid beneath her feet with precision and heart she crafts her life in the darkness she cries as joy floods in
![bricolage project day 19 [be]](https://kymberleedellaluce.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1445129984173.jpg)
Today’s randomly-chosen word is be and comes from The Quantum and the Lotus by Matthieu Ricard & Trinh Xuan Thuan. Ā It’s a fascinating exploration of the intersection of Western science and Buddhist philosophy. Ā I cannot more highly recommend this book. Ā Turns out, I’m in good company: The Quantum and the LotusĀ is the rich and…
A voice keeps whispering, “Let the miracle happen.” So I am. And it is. I’m starting to believe in myself again. And the hurt has transformed into acceptance and wisdom. I see the road ahead of me again. And I see the blank canvas as exciting instead of overwhelming. The voices that have told me…
Notice what they are really giving you and respond from that. This is the best thing I learned in acting class over the past year–to really see what people are saying and doing rather than projecting my own wishes and desires on them. What has come of this new awareness are some big surprises: I…