Re-engaging with my blog, after long periods of hiatus, is honoring my practice to follow what pulls me.
Meo’s creative play space.
My pull to blogging always comes with the query, “Why blog? Why now?” The broadest, clearest motivation is to juice INSPIRATION, my drug of choice.
Inspiration pulls me up by the bootstraps, when I’m dragging, disenchanted, and challenged.
Puppy Tara joins Meo on the yoga mat.
Inspiration enlivens me and generates a desire to pass some of its magical alchemy on to others.
Puppy Tara, our six-year old golden retriever, is my Bodhisattva. She continues to teach me about presence, living in the moment, taking long naps, stretching my body—and playing!
These are a few of my favorite things…
I LOVE…travel to distant lands, intimate conversations, the first light of morning, laughing ‘til I cry, walks in the forest, being there for others, cuddling Tara, Beauty in all of its forms, free flow days without a schedule. Oh! And silence! Ahhhhhhhhh.
Meo and husband Bill, enjoying Istanbul.
I LOVE…being a wife, step-mom, grandparent, friend. I’m the last living member of my nuclear family. Native of Chicago, USA, I relished childhood summers with grandparents in Michigan. The forest was my grandmother’s cathedral. I inherited her reverence for the Natural World.
I LOVE…making bold moves!
Bold, for me, can be as tiny an action as applying paint in my visual journal, if I slip out of creative play mode.
Bold is as grand as swimming with 60 ft. humpback whales in the deep blue waters of the Caribbean, as I did for my 69th birthday. When following a dream feels bold, and fear arises, I always pay attention. The intuitive inquiry is especially rich, when bold and fear show up together.
Dear Reader, thank you for checking out my blog. As we meet in this moment, my blessing wishes fly to you. Meo
What you can plan
is too small
for you to live.
What you can live
wholeheartedly
will make plans
enough
for the vitality
hidden in your sleep.*
*Quote from David Whyte’s poem, “What to remember when waking.”
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Beauty is as beauty does….that is you, my dear friend! I think of you daily and know it is time to share some tea again! Thanks for this lovely blog – look forward to more!!! Linda.
Thank you, Beauty Sistah! Tea time with you….aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh! xoxoxmeo
Meo, I’m weeping. Thank you for sharing so eloquently your soul’s deep wisdom and beauty!
It’s too gorgeous for words. This is the second one I’ve read…your most recent one on Tara
and things is wonderful too. Big hugs for you. Thank you for sharing your exquisite Being.
Judith
Your Presence here is a blessing and privilege. Thank you so much for your heartfelt response, Judith. Namaste…