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Stories For Your Beautiful Heart

An Invocation for Clarity

January 15, 2019 By Leslie Ralph 1 Comment

An invocation for clarity: Love, guide me into joy. Call me forward with wonder, and leave me there, fully present in my experience and unafraid. Remind me of what I cherish most, and plant gratitude on my lips. Love, give me clarity. Wisdom, guide me into simplicity. Lead me there with discernment, and leave me…

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Filed Under: Grounding, Lightness, Live Free

Be insatiable.

January 8, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

I found a little jar in a shop window, clear with blue paint chipped off at the rim. I carried it home in tissue and twine, rinsed it, and set it in the window to collect sunlight by day, starlight by night. I placed a feather from the yard inside, hawk I think, and a…

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Filed Under: Expansion, Grounding, Lightness, Live Free, Poetry

Love and Blessings for 2019 + a Free Worksheet for Clarity!

December 18, 2018 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

“When I look at my life, I see how many experiences I’ve lived. Isn’t it extraordinary?” – An affirmation for living life, from Clarity (coming soon in 2019!) One of my favorite New Years traditions is to clear as much from my schedule as I can for rest and a soul sabbatical. This is a…

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Filed Under: Lightness, Live Happy, Words

Softer still and a colorful sneak peek!

December 11, 2018 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

For about two years, softer still has been my mantra. It came to me at a time of transition in my family when I felt pressured (by me) to make things take a linear, orderly path. Forcing things to look just so has never worked. Even if I get the details right or hit the target, the process feels…

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Filed Under: Good Work, Lightness, Live Free, Pictures, Words

I love sneak peeks. Don’t you?

December 4, 2018 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

The shift into winter and anticipation of the New Year always pulls me deep into creation mode. Maybe it’s the change in rhythm at work as the students prepare for winter break or an innate desire to hibernate. Either way, this is one of my favorite times of year. I have a few bits and…

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Filed Under: Live Free, Love You, Words

The most beautiful place I’ve seen. (Maybe you’ve been?)

November 27, 2018 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

I found a place more beautiful than any I’d ever seen. I first came across it while building sandcastles with my children. I showed them how to dig down to the wet sand beneath the surface. We raked our fingers through it, creating rivers and roads. The sand clung to my skin and told me of…

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Filed Under: Grounding, Lightness, Live Free, Love You, Words

Brave the stillness. Come back inside.

November 19, 2018 By Leslie Ralph 1 Comment

  “Have you thought of everything?” my mind asks as I consider the future. “Are you sure?” (Of course, I’m never as sure as it would like.) “This worries me,” it says. “You must be absolutely certain.” “Watch where you’re going,” my eyes say as I try something new. “Do you see?” (Of course, I never see…

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Filed Under: Grounding, Love You, Words

Always, always remember where you came from.

November 6, 2018 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

I taste the magic in your smile, like the whole universe in a single drop. You are awe. -from There, I Might Find Peace I looked at the stars last night and saw the making of me. The sky was my own reflection. I remembered that I am the very stars I wish upon, the…

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Filed Under: Expansion, Grounding, Love You, Words

How all that hurts can teach us to heal.

October 29, 2018 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

I found Sorrow on the tundra. She shivered and struggled to surround herself with stones much larger than her body. I bowed to her and asked, “Tell me, Sorrow, how can I help?” “The emptiness, it’s consuming me. I must fill it,” she answered. “I see,” I said. I knelt and showed her the grass…

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Filed Under: Grounding, Lightness, Live Free, Poetry, Words

To you, from your ❤, c/o me. (I thought you should know.)

October 23, 2018 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

Do you see that? Really, you should look. No, no, you don’t need to go anywhere. Stay where you are. Here, try this… close your eyes for a second… now, open them slowly, and before you say anything, look around. Isn’t it beautiful? You’re beautiful. I think so every time I see you. (I thought you…

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Filed Under: Grounding, Love You, Words

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