Random Quote: "Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something." ~Ralph Marston
What a beautiful thought. Your life is always moving, evolving, changing. You don't have to be afraid of getting stuck in a rut unless you choose to stay there because "your life is always moving toward something". It kinda makes you want to sigh in relief.
*Sigh*
The universal truth is to never stop moving, but sometimes, standing or sitting still for just a moment to observe all that is going on around you is just as important as moving forward. Sometimes, it's when you really stop and look at what you have, not just what you own, that you begin to see all of the blessings. We really are richer than we think. Our impulse is to continue fighting, even when everything around us puts us down. By nature, we survive. That's what's important, to keep going.
As I've been writing, I have noticed this need to survive etch itself into my characters. Last week, when I wrote about the horse through a friend's prompt, I realized even the horse's instinct is to go on, to fight, to live. How integral hope is. How we fight to sustain it even as we fight against it at times. Life's interesting that way.
This quote kinda reminded me of that. Especially this week, when I was really sick and hearing about everyone else being ill around me. I knew we were all holding out the hope of when we'd be well again. I like that message. Hope. It has a really beautiful and understated ring to it.
In honor of hope, I want to share a poem from my ebook Random Poetry. It is about horses, funny enough. I thought it fit into this quote and last week's writing piece. They share quite a few things in common actually. What did you think of my horse painting? Heehee.
My ebook Random Poetry has a new cover update, thanks to my friend Cyndi Vreeland. Cyndi is a graphic design artist and you can find her work or hire her for a freelance project at Promise Creative Works: http://promisecreativeworks.wix.com/cynthiavreeland
You can check out my spiffy new cover and purchase my Random Poetry ebook on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Random-Poetry-Rebecca-Reddell-ebook/dp/B00F7QMET2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388369826&sr=8-1&keywords=rebecca+reddell
The poem I'm thinking about can be found on page 19 or 25% of the way into the ebook lol.
The
Feet of a Thousand Horses
The
suggestion of hooves in the clear, quiet night
with
the silken flash of velvety delight
The
muffled murmur of soft galloping steps
While
the allusion of the trickling river wept
In
the pale moon's glow that caresses the earth
with
silent fingertips that delude the mirth
of
the secrecy the veil of darkness hides
Where
the feet of a thousand horses still glide
The
sigh of the wind rustles through their downy strands
and
their vague stride is subdued throughout the lands.
I hope you have enjoyed this sample of my random poetry. Please feel free to check out the ebook for more!
~Love and Hugs!! :)
That's true. Sometimes all we have at the moments when things don't make any sense is to know that even though we don't know why we are here, we are alive. To think of myself never having existed brings a very strange feeling and then I see what a gift I have been given. To be able to breathe and to be loved and to love someone else. We can always choose to live and love even in the moments we don't feel worth anything or strong enough to overcome our weaknesses or circumstances. Sometimes it's just nice to know I can just sit on God's lap and let him take care of the craziness within and without. Thank you, Becky, for sharing yourself with all of us. :-)
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