Today, I Surrender…
Yemaya! Mother of the Fishes – Photo by Toni Roberts
my need to
UNDERSTAND…
my need to make
ORDER
out
of
CHAOS…
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Night Prayers
Night Prayers – Photo by Toni Roberts
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This Life…
Another View: Altar to Oshun & Shango – Photo by Toni Roberts
is not for us to
KNOW
or
DO…
but
to
BE…
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My Life Is Becoming…
Altar To Oshun & Shango !! – Photo by Toni Roberts
a
laboratory
experiment…
it
is
apparent…
even to one as
blind
as
I…
that
nothing
is
here
for
nothing…
everything
is
for
something…
every
thought
event
person
telephone call
word
idea
action…
every-single-thing,,,
IS-FOR-SOMETHING…
therefore
I
now
question…
explore…
and
use…
EVERYTHING…
and
FEAR
NOTHING…
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Living By Grace…
Altar to Shango & Oshun: Coniunctio – Photo by Toni Roberts
I am beginning
to get a
taste
of
what it means
to
live
by
the
“GRACE of GOD“
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As I Navigate These New Waters Of My Life…
Elemental Altar – Photo by Toni Roberts
Everything
Falls into place…
Perfectly...
Elemental Altar- (View Two) – Photo by Toni Roberts
With the help of my
Elemental
Friends…
Ode To The River…Ode To Oshun…
Moody River & Sound – Photo by Toni Roberts
Just took more photos of the river…
the river and sound have such a hypnotizing pull on me…
season after season
year after year…
day after day…
Distant Tugboat…Cloudy Sky – Photo by Toni Roberts
my son says
“but ma…
you keeping on taking the same photo
over and over again…”
he does not see the subtle changes from photo to photo
from day to day…
season to season…
the shifting shadows…
the shimmering light…
seasons marked
by the
absence or presence of sailboats on the sound…
the stillness or gentle flow of the waters…
the tugboat far off in the distance…
the mood of the sky…
the shifting shapes of dancing clouds…
Oya Blowing Up A Storm Over The Long Island Sound, NYC – Photo by Toni Roberts
no…
he does not see the subtle differences
from year to year…
for he sees only with eyes
while I see with heart and soul
this river and sound that are kin to me…
this river that has held-rocked-soothed-nourished-and-healed-me
through twenty-four years of
pain
sorrow
loss
agony
and the
deepest-of-soul-stirring
joy...
Storm Clouds Over The Wetlands & Sound – Photo by Toni Roberts
no…
he does not see this
gift-from-the-“GODS”-view
with
eyes-of-love
as I do…
for it is
my
life itself
that is
reflected in the waters below…
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FREEDOM:
Window Altar – Photo by Toni Roberts
no longer seeking from the
world
what only
“God“
can give…
Rainy Days And Sundays…
Poder Feminina Africana* – Photo by Toni Roberts
always wake me up!
*African Feminine Power
Reacting VS Responding…
Yemaya At Work – Photo by Toni Roberts
Today
For the first time…
I saw the choice so clearly:
I can continue
Reacting to negative people…events and circumstances
From my place of
OLD…UNHEALED…EMOTIONAL WOUNDS…
In that so
HUMAN WAY…
or…
I can rise above the residue of pain from events long past
And
CHOOSE
to lift up my
CONSCIOUSNESS…
ALLOWING
An
EVER-PRESENT…
APPROPRIATE…
And
HEALING RESPONSE
To
Unfold
Naturally…
On ITS own…
In…
As…
And
Through…
My every
Thought…
Word…
Action…
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