Tag Archives: freedom

Finally Living Our Dream

Posted on July 17, 2019 by hernibs

We are finally living our dream. We’ve built a paradise in the woods where fresh clean air and cold well water refresh the body, where birdsong and beauty refresh the soul. We do not have to allow anyone or anything … Continue reading →

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Lost Is Found

Posted on July 15, 2019 by hernibs

Sometimes when you lose your way, you find YOURSELF. ~Mandy Hale

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Becoming

Posted on July 13, 2019 by hernibs

“How does one become a butterfly?” she asked pensively. “You must want to fly so much that you are willing  to give up being a caterpillar.” ~Trina Paulus

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Beauty

Posted on July 12, 2019 by hernibs

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within –strength, courage, and dignity. ~Ruby Dee

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Siesta Time

Posted on June 30, 2019 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged freedom, hammock, happy place, inspiration, Life, nature, Peace, photograph, poem, siesta, summer, thoughts | Leave a comment

Grateful

Posted on June 20, 2019 by hernibs

“Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.” ~Alphonse Karr

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Love’s Transforming Power

Posted on June 18, 2019 by hernibs

If there is a secret to love’s transforming power, surely it must lie in its uncanny ability to call forth who we truly are. ~Richard Rohr

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Words of Wisdom

Posted on May 26, 2019 by hernibs

Neither a lender nor borrower be, only then are you truly free.

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Middle Daughter’s Lovely Yard

Posted on May 20, 2019 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, driftwood, fern, freedom, garden, happy place, inspiration, Life, moss, nature, Peace, photograph, rocks, seeing, spring | 5 Comments

A Seed

Posted on May 19, 2019 by hernibs

I was a seed searching for a place to root. Carried by turbulent winds to desolate soil I could have withered and dried. Transported by flighty fowl of feelings to distant shores, I may have drowned in oceans of … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged Beauty, freedom, garden, happy place, home, hope, inspiration, Life, love, nature, photograph, poem, reborn, remember, seed, seeing, soul, spring, survival, thoughts | 6 Comments

Just Stop

Posted on May 16, 2019 by hernibs

Sit, breathe, listen to sounds you have not heard before. Don’t miss out on the beauty while always searching for more. Breathe wisdom from the silence, healing from the air learn to stop and learn to wait, when nothing more … Continue reading →

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Fullness

Posted on May 13, 2019 by hernibs

Only Emptiness Is Prepared for Fullness ~Richard Rohr

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Mocha in the Raspberries

Posted on April 25, 2019 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged cat, freedom, garden, happy place, Life, Mocha, nature, photograph, raspberries, seeing, spring | 1 Comment

Hope Full

Posted on April 20, 2019 by hernibs

I am without legs. I can not stand upon the pillar of cynicism that society pretends to worship. I am without arms. I can not hold together that which is determined to fly apart. I am hope and I dwell … Continue reading →

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Labelled Boxes

Posted on April 19, 2019 by hernibs

Boxes… labelled boxes, Conservative, Liberal, American, Jew, Baptist, Aries, middle class, Irish, poet, rich, poor, white, green … we huddle together in the box we are most comfortable in because we are the same, we belong. It is comfortable and … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged boxes, Easter, freedom, good Friday, hope, Jesus, labels, photograph, poem, remember, survival, thoughts | 2 Comments