September 16, 2013
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Stepping Forward
The mornings are chilly and I wait patiently for the warming as I move to sunnier places to work in the gardens. It will warm up soon. As soon as the fog burns off. Sometimes the fog will stay in until mid afternoon, but Sundowners (warmer evenings)are the best this time of year. To met up with friends and enjoy time well spent. Conversation and laughter fill the local air around the beach and beyond in backyards and parks.
Parks with Sunday music to share with complete strangers who soon become familiar as we place our chairs side by side each week. Here comes the friends we know from prior summers who'll join us and the circle continues to get bigger in more ways than size.
The circle of community. We check our politics at the edge of the grass. We step into the realm of mutual understanding that we all need "time off". We smile more, we judge less, and we dance in the circle at the middle of the park and it becomes common ground. There's medicine to be found here. Medicine for the mind, body, and spirit. It's a healing thing to gather in support of positive experiences. There's an energy that come from this time spent together. We don't realize that it's changing us as we change.
Start at the edge of the grass and meet in the middle where humanity can grow within small pockets of people willing to share the time in harmony.
Small steps bring us forward.
(pats heart, and points to you)
Comments (15)
I imagine you,Lyne, on the grasss listening to music and chatting open heartly with people, unknown but becoming friends .
yes go on in that good way.
Love
Michel
Good day Michel! Yes that's me. Listening and chatting. Have a wonderful day. The fog is just starting to burn off. I'm heading out to let the day unfold! http://jaynebug.xanga.com
I will think of you tomorrow when I go to hear a barbershop quartet sing in the nearby retirement village yard.
I enjoy barbershop. Thought of joining a while back with some local ladies, but I'd have been away at a time when my kids were younger, so I didn't do it. Now, I have my music once a week and a practice here and there. I love it. Have a great time! Let that harmony "fill' you up!
this post brings peace to my heart. your words are like a balm on frayed nerves and thoughts. Muah.
So glad to share peace. I'll place those frayed nerves beside me and set them free in meditation today. Bye Bye. They're gone! Hugs to you, Z!
Hey there!! so happy to see a friendly face here again!!
Hey Lady! Making my way around and learning as I go. Hugs!
Fortunate to have such a place to go. Glad to see you right here Bugzy.
Our local Parks & Rec put it on every summer. With the excellent chances of great weather, the concerts go through September. Glad to see you too! I'm still trying to figure out how to move easily through this new land of Xanga. Hope to see some better ways to move on our blog/comment page, but I'm here and I'm willing to learn. Best to YOU!
and it's such a lovely place >3
Good morning. It's a beautiful day. No fog...a nice breeze. crispness to the air, but has a warming on the back of it. ha! Weather and smiles available here.
Such a lovely, peaceful post. peace always to you
I love this!
Thank you for sharing it with us!
I love the local outdoor concerts here in the Summer. And I love living in a neighborhood where people still sit on porches and chat and laugh. It's not about politics or religion...it's about people enjoying each other. :-)
HUGS!!! :-)
I want a porch! I do have a garden bench swing or what ever you call it. Chatting and laughter is GOOD medicine. Have a wonderful day.