As The Fog Lifts…

Long Island Sound; photo by Toni Roberts

When I am stripped naked and raw by Life
I have learned to not wait so long
Before journeying inward to my
Self of Wisdom…

There are times that I sit at my altar
Black and white marbled composition notebook and
Uniball pen in hand…
Waiting…

At other times
I seek answers from You
With a toss of the coins and I Ching text
Close at hand…

As the fog lifts
I learn to come to You directly…immediately…
Before my throat constricts and begins to ache with unshed tears…
Before my heart breaks from the weight of hidden matters
That grow heavier with neglect and inattention…

As the fog lifts
I learn to come to You
Without the hesitation… mistrust…disbelief…fears and doubts
That used to sully our relationship…
Blocking the outer signs…inner signals…urges…people…opportunities
And mysterious inner knowings that now pour into consciousness
Faster than a New York minute…
And poof…another obstacle removed…
Another victory over pain…humiliation…and mis-comprehensions…
Perfect solutions unfolding one by one in perfect order…
From the inside out…as the fog lifts…and I move smoothly on…

Some Thoughts On Living From The Inside Out…

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Enjoy!

Toni

Bessie Smith…My Sister-Friend, Vera…And I…

Collage/photo by Toni Roberts

Thank you
Sister-friend, Vera
For an evening of
Body-mind-soul nourishment
As we watched last eve
The HBO movie: Bessie Smith
Winner of the Toni Roberts’ Award for
The best beginning of many more movies to come that tell
Our Stories…

The varied…multi-faceted…multidimensional stories of
American-born-African-women
From Bessie Smith to Michelle Obama
And all those before…in-between…and after

Thank you, my beloved sister-friend
For the food that nourished my body
And for the deeply loving and abiding friendship
That nourishes my soul

You are indeed the sister I never had
The one to whom I may not have spoken in weeks…or months…
But who, after long absences welcomes me and sits with me
In comprehending silence
As we watch together a Bessie Smith made for HBO movie starring Queen Latifa
A movie that tells my story…your story…our story…
A universal tale of Life born in pain…
And lived in endless cycles of Death and Rebirth…

Thank you, my sister-friend…
Thank you for being there…
Thank you for your presence…
Thank you for your understanding silence…
Thank you for your generosity of spirit…

You, Vera,
Are a perfect and uniquely individualized manifestation of
Goddess-Love

May the Mother of us all
The Bringer of Life
Continue to ex-press
In…as…and through you
In ever-expanding ripples of
Healing Love…

Through all Space and Time…

A Day Of Inner Peace…Amidst Outer Turmoil…

Photo by Toni Roberts

Peace

 beyond understanding

is mine

as I drink with great thirst

   at an Inner Fountain…

a Source of Holy Nourishment

deep…deep within the center of my being

and thus I experience

that peace beyond understanding

of which the Master Teacher

and all the

Sages

Prophets

and

Holy Ones

spoke

a Peace

whose Truth must be lived

within the heart of each of us

one by one by one…

   even as the world erupts around us…

until the Whole of Us

apprehends that

authentic

peace

which lies beyond

      understanding…

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World Mother Rebirthing Creation…

Drawing & Photo by Toni Roberts

2004 rendition of the

Goddess

or

World Mother

by

Toni Roberts

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Finally! I stopped selling my beautiful necklaces from a wall in my apartment and entered the age of technology.

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Thanks a mil!

Toni

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