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Lightness

The Love That Sustains You

April 9, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

Standing on the corner of a busy city street, a quarter caught his eye. He bent to pick it up as people rushed past. “Drums!” he exclaimed as he turned the quarter over and found a drummer boy standing in the eagle’s place. He pressed the quarter into his palm and smiled at a passerby. All…

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Filed Under: Grounding, Lightness, Live Happy, Short Stories, Words Tagged With: awe, beautiful heart, centered, giving thanks, gratitude, grounded, short stories

Where there was fear now stands love.

April 2, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

I sat at the shore, watching the water come and go. Beside me sat a basket filled with bottles, each one containing a note about my past and my secrets. Something’s wrong with me, one said. It broke me, said another. I can’t forgive myself for it. No one can ever know. For years, I kept the…

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Filed Under: Expansion, Grounding, Lightness, Live Free, Live Happy, Love You, Short Stories, Words Tagged With: healing stories, letting go, new beginnings, self-compassion, self-love, short stories, stories for healing, story, transformation

That’s an offering of love. (Thank you for that.)

March 26, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

He kissed the top of her head at the gate and zipped up her coat. “Stay warm,” he said. She dedicated her morning yoga practice to gratitude as she unrolled the mat. They left behind a card and balloons in his hospital room. “Get well soon,” they wrote. He lit a candle for his daughter…

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The perfect intricacy of it all.

March 19, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

She lies along the riverbank, watching the clouds paint on the blue canvas sky. She lifts a lazy finger overhead and traces the shapes as they emerge.    Her right foot dangles in the water. She gives it a slow, easy kick, kick, kick. The sun drenches her skin in warm light, honey-gold and petal-soft….

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Filed Under: Grounding, Lightness, Short Stories, Words Tagged With: grounding, inner child, inner peace, mindfulness, nature, present

To the voice in my head, I love you.

March 5, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

She’d tell me all the ways I wasn’t enough, and I’d shrink at her words. It’s not big enough, grand enough, fast enough. You’re not smart enough, kind enough, good enough. I don’t feel pleased enough, proud enough, sure enough, she said. I could do anything to set it right, but it was never enough, and…

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Filed Under: Grounding, Lightness, Live Free, Love You, Words Tagged With: acceptance, healing words, letting go, radical acceptance, self-acceptance, self-compassion, self-love

You bring the light. Peace Week Day 5!

March 1, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

Want to know the most important thing I’ve learned about peace? It’s that darkness is only made scarier by trying to outrun it and that you can always find the light through compassion. Light is in the letting go. It’s in the soft, open hands and heart. It’s being here and connected. And choosing to…

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Filed Under: Lightness, Live Free, Live Happy, Love You, Poetry, Words

What I’m here for. ( A vow.) Peace Week Day 3

February 27, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

What I’m here for. (A vow.) From There, I Might Find Peace. I will remember goodness in my darkest times. I will be moved. I will learn what it means to inhabit this human body on this wild and magic planet we call home. I will leave the world a little brighter than I found it….

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An affirmation for abundant peace. Peace Week Day 2!

February 26, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

It’s day two of Peace Week! Today, I’d like to share an affirmation made up of bits and pieces from my own journal. Every morning, I spend a few minutes writing out an affirmation for the day based on something I want to nurture in my life. Lately, that’s been the peace that comes with…

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Simple Instructions for Loving Yourself

February 18, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

A few simple instructions for loving yourself. May they serve you well today. Lift yourself up with kindness. Even when you’re mad at yourself. Even when you don’t think you deserve it. Be generous when remembering your own story. Heal yourself first. Every time you think you need fixing, turn your heart to healing. You’ll soon…

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Filed Under: Lightness, Love You, Words

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

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